Macri v. Mayer

William C. Hecht, Jr., J.

This is a motion to dismiss a complaint in a libel action for alleged failure to state a good cause of action.

The article complained of does not mention plaintiff. It does no more than credit the authorship of a successful advertising slogan to one Williams. Plaintiff alleges, however, that she was, in fact, the author of the slogan. She asserts that the article was understood to mean that she was not the author of the slogan and lacked the creative ability to be the originator thereof. The innuendo as to plaintiff’s lack of creative ability is wholly unjustified by…