Shulman v. Hunderfund

In an action to recover damages for defamation, the plaintiff appeals from (1) an order of the Supreme Court, Suffolk County (Jones, J), dated October 6, 2005, which granted the motion of the defendant James Hunderfund pursuant to CFLR 4404 (a) to set aside so much of a jury verdict as was in favor of the plaintiff and against that defendant awarding punitive damages in the sum of $100,000 and for judgment as a matter of law in favor of that defendant, and (2), as limited by his brief, from so much of a judgment of the same court entered November 9, 2005, as, upon so much of the jury verdict…