Binh v. Bagland USA, Inc.

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Barry Cozier, J.), entered on or about February 21, 2001, which denied defendant employ*614ers’ motion for summary judgment insofar as directed to plaintiff employee’s cause of action for breach of contract, and granted the motion insofar as seeking to dismiss plaintiffs causes of action for libel and slander, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

At deposition, plaintiff testified that the oral contract in issue was finalized on September 7, 1997, i.e., when he shook hands with the individual defendant, and guaranteed his employment until September 28, 1998,…