Legal Opinion
Mihlovan v. Grozavu
New York Court of Appeals
Decided November 17, 1988PublishedCited by 201 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*508OPINION OF THE COURT
2Per curiam
In this defamation action, plaintiff alleged that defendants maliciously made false statements about him during the course of meetings on church elections. Defendants moved to dismiss the complaint asserting the defense of qualified privilege and Supreme Court granted the motion.
The Appellate Division incorrectly characterized Supreme Court’s ruling on defendants’ motion as a grant of summary judgment pursuant to CPLR 3212. Supreme Court’s order, however, dismissed the complaint for failure to state a cause of action (CPLR 3211 [a] [7]), noting that defendants’ preanswer…
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