O'Rorke v. Carpenter

— Order of the Supreme Court, New York County (Andrew R. Tyler, J.), entered January 23, 1986, *224which, inter alia, denied the part of defendant’s motion for an order striking plaintiffs’ demand for a jury trial, is unanimously modified, on the law, that part of the defendant’s motion granted, and otherwise affirmed, without costs or disbursements.

Plaintiffs commenced this action alleging libel and slander by defendant and in their complaint sought preliminary and permanent injunctive relief besides compensatory and punitive damages. Thereafter, in response to defendant’s motion to strike the…