Liebling v. Yankwitt

— In an action to recover damages for defamation, the defendant appeals from so much of an order of the Supreme Court, Nassau County (Lockman, J.), dated December 14, 1983, as granted plaintiff’s motion to dismiss his first counterclaim for failure to state a cause of action, without prejudice to replead, and the plaintiff cross-appeals from so much of the same order as granted the defendant’s cross motion to dismiss the complaint for lack of personal jurisdiction to the extent of directing a hearing thereon.

Order affirmed, insofar as appealed from by defendant, without costs or…