Levy v. Educational Records Bureau, Inc.

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Irma V. Santaella, J.), entered December 6, 1989, which, inter alia, denied defendant’s motion to dismiss the complaint for failure to state a cause of action and granted plaintiff’s cross-motion to serve an amended complaint, unanimously reversed, on the law, to the extent appealed from by striking the court’s finding that the amended complaint did not state a cause of action for slander per se, with costs.

Plaintiff brought an action against defendant for defamation and tortious interference with business relations based upon the following facts.…