Kruesi v. Money Management Letter

Summary judgment was properly granted to defendant in this defamation action. All but one of the alleged defamatory statements in the published article are truthful. The one statement that could conceivably be construed as an attack on plaintiff’s professional competence or character, to wit, "marketing people are paid to sell”, is a statement of opinion, and thus not actionable (see, e.g., Parks v Steinbrenner, 131 AD2d 60; see also, Brian v Richardson, 87 NY2d 46) and, in any event, no special damage is alleged. Moreover, defendant *308did not act in a "grossly irresponsible manner” by…