Schwartz v. Society of New York Hospital

—Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Emily Jane Goodman, J.), entered May 23, 1995, which, inter alia, granted defendants’ motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

In this defamation action arising out of plaintiff’s termination by defendants, plaintiff concedes that the alleged defamatory statements are subject to a qualified privilege, since the speaker, the Chief of the Department of Anesthesiology where plaintiff worked, shared a "common interest” with the listeners, potential employers or fellow staff members, regarding the…