Bleecker Charles Co. v. Consolidated Edison Co. of New York, Inc.

OPINION of the court

Edward J. Greenfield, J.

The instant action for libel has its genesis in a dispute between Consolidated Edison Company (Con Ed) and one of its customers arising out of Con Ed’s demand for a deposit in the amount of $2,230. The customer, Bleecker Charles Company (plaintiff), the owner of a 135-unit residential apartment house objected to making the demanded deposit because of its diligent payment of all prior bills. Con Ed, attributing the necessity for the demand to plaintiff’s tardy payment of prior bills, sent plaintiff a letter, dated March 1, 1979, stating that unless…