Kovacs v. Briarcliffe School, Inc.

In an action to recover damages, inter alia, for defamation and negligent hiring, the defendants the Briarcliffe School, Inc. and Richard B. Turan appeal from so much of an order of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Lane, J.), dated March 19, *6871993, as denied those branches of their motion which were for partial summary judgment dismissing the first, second, fifth and sixth causes of action in the complaint.

Ordered that the order is modified, on the law, by deleting the provision thereof denying those branches of the defendants’ motion which were to dismiss the fifth and sixth causes of…