Lady Windsor Hairdressers, Inc. v. Calvo

James A. Boe, Jr., J.

This is a motion to dismiss the second cause of action based on slander in the complaint herein on the ground that it is legally insufficient or, in the alternative, to strike from said cause of action the allegations contained in paragraph “ Twenty-Fifth ” on the ground that they are irrelevant, redundant, unnecessary, impertinent or may tend to embarrass or delay the fair trial of the action.

The defendant, in support of that branch of the motion which seeks to strike the second cause of action for legal insufficiency, contends that the words “ phony ”, “cheat”,…