Glazier v. Harris

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Judith J. Gische, J.), entered March 1, 2011, which, to the extent appealed from, denied defendants Lyndon Harris, Lee Wesley, and St. John’s Lutheran Church’s motion to dismiss the causes of action for defamation as against them, unanimously modified, on the law, to grant the motion as to Wesley, and otherwise affirmed, without costs.

The complaint states a cause of action for defamation as against defendants Harris and St. John’s Lutheran Church since it is pleaded with the required specificity (CPLR 3016 [a]), identifying “the particular words that…