Legal Opinion
Steadman v. Sinclair
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided January 16, 1996PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Elliott Wilk, J.), entered March 1, 1995, which granted defendant’s motion to dismiss the complaint and amend his answer to plead counterclaims, unanimously affirmed, without costs.
We agree with the IAS Court that the letter defendant wrote to the general manager of his employer complaining about *393plaintiffs racism in relation to his employment, and expressing outrage, humiliation, pain, and the hope that the recipient of the letter would correct these "ongoing injustices”, are non-actionable expressions of opinion (see, Polish Am. Immigration Relief…
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