Legal Opinion

Baumblit Construction Corp. v. County of Nassau

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided October 26, 2010Published

1Opinion of the Court

In an action, inter alia, to recover damages for defamation, the plaintiff appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Nassau County (Adams, J.), dated July 1, 2009, which, in effect, granted that branch of the defendants’ motion which was for summary judgment dismissing the complaint.

Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.

The Supreme Court properly, in effect, granted that branch of the defendants’ motion which was for summary judgment dismissing the complaint. The defendants established their prima facie entitlement to judgment as a matter of law, and the plaintiff failed to raise a…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Masson v. New Yorker Magazine, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1991
  2. Steinhilber v. AlphonseNew York Court of Appeals · 1986
  3. Chapadeau v. Utica Observer-Dispatch, Inc.New York Court of Appeals · 1975
  4. Huggins v. MooreNew York Court of Appeals · 1999
  5. Wilcox v. Newark Valley Central School DistrictAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2010

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