Kraus v. Brandstetter

In an action to recover damages for defamation, conspiracy to defame, intentional infliction of emotional distress, loss of consortium, and wrongful termination of employment, the defendant Robert Brandstetter appeals from so much of an order of the Supreme Court, Westchester County (Miller, J.), entered August 10, 1989, as denied those branches of his motion which were to dismiss the first, second, fifth, and sixth causes of action alleging libel, conspiracy to defame, slander, and a derivative claim by Joseph Kraus to recover damages for loss of consortium, respectively, insofar as asserted…