Carone v. Venator Group, Inc.

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Marilyn Shafer, J.), entered May 8, 2001, which denied plaintiffs’ motion to compel further disclosure, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

Plaintiffs, former employees of defendant, claim that they were defamed by an office memo that defendant circulated which falsely stated that they were suspended because of concern about possible disclosure of confidential information to a firm of securities analysts, when, in fact, defendant had other motives for circulating the memo and suspending them, i.e., retaliation against a former employee for his negative…