Whelehan v. Yazback
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
Order unanimously modified and, as modified, affirmed, without costs, in accordance with the following memorandum: This appeal involves a cause of action based upon defamation brought by plaintiff James Whelehan against defendant employee of the Monroe County Sheriff’s Department, Anthony Yazback. In early 1980 the Sheriff’s Department determined that there were insufficient grounds to arrest plaintiff on the charge of sexual abuse of his daughter. During this time, however, defendant, chief of the Criminal Investigation Division of the Monroe County Sheriff’s Department, made several phone…
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