Flores v. Mosler Safe Co.

Defendant moved to dismiss the complaint as insufficient in law. The motion was granted as to a cause of action for libel and denied as to a cause of action for violation of privacy under the Civil Rights Law (§§ 50, 51). Both parties have appealed.

There was published in a New York newspaper a three-column photograph of a burning building, captioned “ 2 Men Searching for Keys Start Broadway Loft Fire ”. The news story beneath the picture described a rather extensive fire, stating that it was produced by two men searching for keys with lighted matches, which ignited nylon netting; and it named…