Legal Opinion
Weiner v. Doubleday & Co.
New York Court of Appeals
Decided December 14, 1989PublishedCited by 76 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Kaye, J.
The pivotal issue in this libel action, brought by a plaintiff who is not a public figure against the author and publisher of a nonfiction book, is whether defendants’ investigation of allegedly defamatory statements was sufficient to shield them from liability, or whether they "acted in a grossly irresponsible manner without due consideration for the standards of information gathering and dissemination ordinarily followed by responsible parties.” (Chapadeau v Utica Observer-Dispatch, 38 NY2d 196,199.)
Defendant Shana Alexander, a well-known journalist, wrote a book…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Rinaldi v. Holt, Rinehart & Winston, Inc.New York Court of Appeals · 1977
- Steinhilber v. AlphonseNew York Court of Appeals · 1986
- Chapadeau v. Utica Observer-Dispatch, Inc.New York Court of Appeals · 1975
- James v. Gannett Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1976
- Karaduman v. Newsday, Inc.New York Court of Appeals · 1980
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3Cited by76 opinions
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