Rudoff v. Huntington Symphony Orchestra, Inc.

Memorandum. Order unanimously reversed, with $10 costs, and motion granted.

In this small claims action for $300 for work, labor and services, defendant interposed a counterclaim seeking to recover $12,500 alleging, in effect, that plaintiff interfered with its obtaining a subsidy in that amount. The record indicates that plaintiff wrote a letter to the director of the Nassau County Office of Cultural Development airing his views that due to defendant’s poor management, it should not be entitled to receive a subsidy from the county. Plaintiff moved to dismiss the counterclaim. It is from the…