Tobler v. Newsday, Inc.

On the court’s own motion, its decision and order, both dated December 8, 1975, are vacated and recalled, and the following substituted decision is rendered: In a defamation action, plaintiffs appeal from so much of an order of the Supreme Court, Suffolk County, entered June 4, 1975, as (1) directed them to separately state and number as separate causes of action each of the 21 alleged libels contained in the first cause of action of the complaint and (2) further directed them to incorporate the claim asserted in the second cause of action into the 21 causes of action to be separately stated…