Margolis v. Faber

—Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Carol Huff, J.), entered February 25, 1994, which, insofar as appealed from, denied defendant’s motion for summary judgment, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

In an action for slander in which plaintiff alleges that defendant, his former employer, falsely accused him of stealing merchandise, defendant’s motion for summary judgment was properly denied, there being issues of fact pertaining to defendant’s assertion of the common interest privilege, that is whether defendant had "a legal or moral duty to respond to inquiries”, if any, that were made…