Legal Opinion
Thomas v. Flavin
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided July 12, 1977PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Order unanimously affirmed, without costs. Memorandum: Plaintiff seeks to recover damages for injury to his name and reputation caused by a flyer circulated by defendant, who is president of Local 1170, Communications *1032Workers of America, of which plaintiff is a member. The flyer was circulated during the course of a strike against Rochester Telephone Company in which plaintiff refused to participate and during which he worked for the company. A portion of that flyer characterized plaintiff as a "scab” and set forth a definition of "scab” which has been attributed to the writer Jack London and…
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