Furci v. A.F.C. Contracting Enterprises, Inc.

—In an action to recover damages for defamation, etc., the plaintiffs appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Dye, J.), dated October 21,1997, which granted the defendants’ motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint.

Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.

The plaintiff alleged in the complaint that the defendants, *551the former employers of the plaintiff Dominick Furci, defamed him by providing negative information to his prospective employers that was false. The defendants deny making the statements and furthermore claim “[a] qualified privilege exists for the…