Legal Opinion
Haefner v. New York Media, LLC
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided March 8, 2011PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The claims against Primedia were properly dismissed as time-barred. The asserted republications within the one-year limitations period all took place after Primedia had sold its rights with regard to the articles in question to NYM. Primedia had no *482ability to participate or acquiesce in the decision to republish the material (see Rinaldi v Viking Penguin, 52 NY2d 422, 435 [1981]).
With regard to NYM and Jacobson, we exercise our discretion to disregard the inaccuracies in the notice of appeal and deem it valid (see CPLR 5520 [c]). Nevertheless, dismissal of the complaint as against them was…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Firth v. State of NYNew York Court of Appeals · 2002
- Rinaldi v. Viking Penguin, Inc.New York Court of Appeals · 1981
- Brady v. Ottaway Newspapers, Inc.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1981
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