VIP PET GROOMING STUDIO, INC. v. SPROULE

2021-04228, Index No. 612337/20.

2024 NY Slip Op 00205

VIP PET GROOMING STUDIO, INC., Respondent, v. ROBERT SPROULE, ET AL., Appellants.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department.

Decided January 17, 2024.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Clare M. Sproule (Public Citizen Litigation Group, Wantagh, NY [ Paul Alan Levy ], of counsel), for appellants.

Leventhal, Mullaney & Blinkoff, LLP, Roslyn, NY ( Steven G. Leventhal of counsel), for respondent.

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, New York, NY ( Laura R. Handman , James Rosenfeld , and Lindsey B. Cherner of counsel), for amici curiae Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, Gannett Co., Inc., Media Institute, MPA — The Association of Magazine Media, National Press Photographers Association, New York Public Radio, New York Times Company, Penguin Random House, LLC, Radio Television Digital News Association, Society of Environmental Journalists, and Vox Media, LLC.

Hartman & Winnicki, P.C., Hicksville, NY ( Richard L. Ravin of counsel), for amici curiae Yelp, Inc., and Tripadvisor, LLC.

Before: Mark C. Dillon, J.P., Linda Christopher, Barry E. Warhit, Carl J. Landicino, JJ.


OPINION & ORDER

APPEAL by the defendants, in an action, inter alia, to recover damages for defamation, from an order of the Supreme Court (Leonard D. Steinman, J.), entered May 24, 2021, in Nassau County. The order denied the defendants' motion pursuant to CPLR 3211(a)(7) and (g) to dismiss the complaint and for an award...

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