New York State Businessmen's Group, Inc. v. Dalton

Yesawich, Jr., J.

Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court (Hughes, J.), entered August 31, 1988 in Albany County, which denied plaintiff’s motion for a protective order.

Plaintiff, a corporation engaged in facilitating and coordinating independent businessmen across upstate New York, particularly in the acquisition of low-cost medical insurance for its members, brought an action against defendant, a competitor, for defamation, unfair competition and tortious interference with contractual relations. The essence of the complaint is that defendant made disparaging remarks about plaintiff to the…