Legal Opinion
Brockman v. Frank
New York Supreme Court
Decided January 16, 1991PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
David B. Saxe, J.
In a defamation action, is the qualified privilege known as the "common interest” privilege applicable to comments made by and among members of social organizations?
The parties in these two related defamation actions are all members of an exclusive private tennis club called the East Hampton Tennis Club. The actions involve what amount to complaints made by the defendants Jim Frank and Melanie Tucker about plaintiff Michael Brockman’s alleged conduct at certain tournament tennis matches.
It is undisputed that following those matches, Frank complained to…
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