Legal Opinion
Robart v. Post-Standard
New York Court of Appeals
Decided January 8, 1981PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Memorandum.
The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed, with costs.
We agree with the Appellate Division that plaintiff engaged in conduct which was within the sphere of legitimate public concern. Therefore, even though defendant’s report of plaintiff’s encounter with the authorities was not entirely accurate, no recovery can be had in defamation absent a showing that defendant “acted in a grossly irresponsible manner without due consideration for the standards of information gathering and dissemination ordinarily followed by responsible parties.” (Chapadeau v…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Chapadeau v. Utica Observer-Dispatch, Inc.New York Court of Appeals · 1975
3Cited by27 opinions
- Gaeta v. New York News Inc.New York Court of Appeals · 1984
- Hogan v. Herald Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1982
- Freeze Right Refrigeration & Air Conditioning Services, Inc. v. City of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1984
- Contemporary Mission, Inc. v. New York Times Co.District Court, S.D. New York · 1987
- Mitchell v. Herald Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1988
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