Curtis v. Nevid

Orders, Supreme Court, New York County (Walter Schackman, J.), entered August 10, 1995, which, in two actions, denied plaintiffs motions to strike defendants’ reply papers on their motions for summary judgment, or, in the alternative, for an adjournment of such motions, and August 24, 1995, which granted defendants’ motions for summary judgment, unanimously affirmed, with costs.

Since the alleged defamatory statements were made in the context of plaintiffs role as a manager of real estate, and there was no adequate reference connecting suggestions of plaintiffs dishonesty to his profession as…