Legal Opinion
Schindler v. Mejias
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided November 29, 2012Published
1Opinion of the CourtRose, J.
Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court (Melkonian, J.), entered December 8, 2011 in Ulster County, which, among other things, denied defendants’ motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint.
*1316Plaintiff, an attorney, commenced this defamation action alleging that defendant Hector L. Mejias Jr., an employee of defendant Ulster County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (hereinafter the SPCA), falsely accused him of misrepresenting himself as the Ulster County District Attorney. Mejias made the accusation in a sworn deposition after an incident at the SPCA during which…
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- Golub v. Enquirer/Star Group, Inc.New York Court of Appeals · 1997
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