Moreira-Brown v. City of New York

Order, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Larry S. Schachner, J.), entered July 21, 2008, which granted defendants’ cross motion to dismiss the complaint and denied as moot plaintiffs motion to restore the action to the calendar, unanimously reversed, on the law, without costs, the cross motion denied, the motion granted, the complaint reinstated, and the action remanded for further proceedings.

In this action for defamation and emotional distress, the verified complaint alleges that on or about September 12, 1998, defendant Police Detective Raymond Rivera, acting as agent for his codefendants, made…