Gaeta v. New York News, Inc.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Kassal, J.
We are confronted with a novel question concerning the legal standard controlling alleged defamatory utterances in a news article where the libelous statement may not itself be within the sphere of legitimate public concern, although the article, as a whole, deals with a newsworthy subject.
The prime issue is whether the Chapadeau criteria (Chapadeau v Utica Observer-Dispatch, 38 NY2d 196) apply. In Chapadeau, it was held that where a news article is “arguably within the sphere of legitimate public concern”, the party allegedly defamed must establish that “the…
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