Legal Opinion

Afshari v. Barer

Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York

Decided October 23, 2003PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

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Memorandum.

Judgment affirmed without costs.

At issue before this court is whether, based upon either an absolute or a qualified privilege, plaintiffs should be relieved from liability for the statements contained in a letter, faxed to an attorney who previously represented defendant, and to defendant himself, that were found to be defamatory by the verdict of the jury, which awarded defendant $25,000 in compensatory and $20,000 in punitive damages on his counterclaim.

The statements, which accused the defendant of having embezzled funds that he had held in escrow in his…

2Cases cited15 opinions

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Kenny v. ClearyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1975
Weidman v. KetchamNew York Court of Appeals · 1938

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