Legal Opinion
Levittown Norse Associates v. Joseph P. Day Realty Corp.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided May 23, 1989PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (John Doyle, J.), entered on or about March 31, 1988, which, after a jury trial, found in plaintiffs favor and awarded damages in the amount of $40,000 plus costs and disbursements, unanimously reversed, on the law, and the complaint dismissed, with costs.
Plaintiff, Levittown Norse Associates, brought this action in libel on or about March 13, 1984, following the publication of an article appearing in The Brooklyn Heights Press and Cobble Hill News on March 1, 1984. The article was written by Michael Messina, a reporter who had placed a telephone call…
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- Royal Abstract Corp. v. Golenbock & BarellNew York Supreme Court · 1985
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