Krumholz v. Baffer

This is an action in slander. This motion is made to dismiss the complaint for legal insufficiency. The plaintiff is the business manager of Local 353, Betail Furniture & Floor Covering Employees Union, affiliated with the Betail, Wholesale, and Department Store Union. The alleged oral defamations, set forth in the three causes of action which comprise the complaint, are as follows: (1) “ He [meaning the plaintiff] is a dirty lowdown Communist;” (2) “ Mr. Krumholz [meaning the plaintiff] and the union [meaning the union of which the plaintiff is business manager] are a bunch of Communists ”;…