Pollnow v. Poughkeepsie Newspapers, Inc.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Titone, J.
In this defamation action, predicated upon the publication of three allegedly libelous letters to the editor of the Poughkeepsie Journal, the Supreme Court, Dutchess County, granted summary judgment to the defendant newspaper and denied that branch of a cross motion by the author of the letters to dismiss the complaint against her. We conclude that the “gross[] irresponsibility]” standard of liability (Chapadeau v Utica Observer-Dispatch, 38 NY2d 196, 199) is applicable and the procedural posture of this case dictates that the first cause of action be dismissed…
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