Iannaccone v. 21st Century Open MRI, P.C.

In an action, inter alia, to recover damages for defamation, the defendants appeal, as limited by their brief, from so much of (1) a judgment of the Supreme Court, Rockland County (Weiner, J.), dated August 14, 2002, as, upon a jury verdict, is in favor of the plaintiff and against them in the sums of $100,000 in compensatory damages and $200,000 in punitive damages, (2) a first amended judgment of the same court entered August 22, 2002, as, upon the jury verdict, is in favor of the plaintiffs *234and against them in the sums of $100,000 in compensatory damages and $200,000 in punitive damages…