McCormack v. Port Washington Union Free School District

The plaintiffs, who are married to each other, commenced this action, inter alia, to recover damages for an allegedly defamatory statement uttered by the defendant Amy Bass, a member of the Board of Education of the defendant Port Washington Union Free School District (hereinafter the school district). The complaint alleges that, at a social gathering in May of 1993, Bass stated to a group of approximately five other people that the school district "had a teacher that hit a kid” and that the disciplinary proceeding was "going on forever.” At that time, there were pending disciplinary charges…