Lowinger v. Jacques

—Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Carmen Beauchamp Ciparick, J.), entered on or about February 23, 1993, which, inter alia, granted defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s amended complaint for failure to state a cause of action, unanimously affirmed, with costs.

*176We agree with the IAS Court that the amended complaint fails to plead evidentiary facts of malice sufficient to overcome the common interest qualified privilege protecting any defamatory statements defendant may have published to the Committee on Academic Standing, but would add that the offending written statements are also…