Rubin v. Napoli Bern Ripka Shkolnik, LLP

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Cynthia S. Kern, J.), entered September 30, 2016, which, to the extent appealed from, denied the individual defendant’s motion to amend his answer insofar as he sought to assert counterclaims for defamation and defamation per se, unanimously affirmed, with costs.

Because the notice of appeal was limited to “the defamation and defamation per se causes of action,” we cannot consider defendant’s arguments relating to the motion court’s denial of leave to amend his answer to assert counterclaims for intentional and negligent infliction of emotional distress…