Flynn v. NYP Holdings, Inc.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the CourtPeters, J.
Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court (Ferradino, J.), entered June 24, 1996 in Saratoga County, which denied plaintiff’s motion to compel disclosure.
We agree with Supreme Court that plaintiff failed to overcome the qualified protection afforded defendants NYP Holdings, Inc. and Cathy Burke (hereinafter collectively referred to as defendants) by New York’s Shield Law (Civil Rights Law § 79-h [c]) concerning their newsgathering activities. Plaintiff commenced this action alleging that he was defamed by an article written by Burke in the New York Post on November 12, 1993. The article…
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