Legal Opinion
Cottrell v. Berkshire Hathaway, Inc.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided February 3, 2006No. Appeal No. 1PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Erie County (John A. Michalek, J.), entered March 14, 2005. The order granted defendants’ motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint.
It is hereby ordered that the order so appealed from be and the same hereby is unanimously affirmed without costs.
Memorandum: Plaintiff commenced this action alleging that an article concerning Darryl “Reese” Johnson in the Buffalo News, written by defendant Dan Herbeck, defamed plaintiff by referring to plaintiff as a “rival” of Johnson. We agree with defendants that Supreme Court properly granted their…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Chapadeau v. Utica Observer-Dispatch, Inc.New York Court of Appeals · 1975
- Karaduman v. Newsday, Inc.New York Court of Appeals · 1980
- Lee v. City of RochesterAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1998
- Misek-Falkoff v. American Lawyer Media, Inc.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2002
- Elibol v. Berkshire-Hathaway, Inc.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2002
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