Legal Opinion
LaVigna v. Capital Cities/ABC, Inc.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided December 9, 1997PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
—Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Norman Ryp, J.), *76entered April 5, 1996, which denied defendants-appellants’ motion to dismiss the complaint as barred by a Federal court stipulation of discontinuance, unanimously modified, on the law, to dismiss the complaint as against defendant WABC Television, Inc. (WABC), and otherwise affirmed, without costs. The Clerk is directed to enter judgment in favor of defendant WABC Television, Inc. dismissing the complaint as against it.
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