Legal Opinion
Quinn v. County of Nassau
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided June 11, 1990PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
In an action to recover damages for defamation, etc., the plaintiff appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Nassau County (Christ, J.), dated August 18, 1988, which granted the defendants’ motion to dismiss the complaint.
Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.
Since the plaintiff failed to commence the action at bar within the applicable Statute of Limitations (see, CPLR 215; General Municipal Law § 50-i), the Supreme Court properly dismissed the cause of action in the complaint sounding in tort. The record reveals that the alleged wrongdoing—the dissemination of defamatory…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Vaca v. SipesSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Board of Education v. AmbachNew York Court of Appeals · 1987
- De Crosta v. A. Reynolds Construction & Supply Corp.New York Court of Appeals · 1977
- New York Seven-Up Bottling Co. v. Dow Chemical Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1983
- New York Seven-Up Bottling Co. v. Dow Chemical Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1984
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3Cited by4 opinions
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- Formica v. Town of HuntingtonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2002