Accadia Site Contracting, Inc. v. Skurka

Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Erie County (Kevin M. Dillon, J., for Joseph R. Glownia, J.), entered February 4, 2014. The order, insofar as appealed from, granted the cross motion of defendant to dismiss the complaint.

It is hereby ordered that the order insofar as appealed from is unanimously reversed on the law without costs, the cross motion is denied, and the complaint is reinstated.

Memorandum: Plaintiff was awarded a road construction project by the City of Niagara Falls, and thereafter commenced this defamation action based on statements allegedly made by defendant, the…