Nichols v. Village Voice, Inc.

Order, Supreme Court, New York County, entered November 16, 1976, denying motion of defendants-appellants to dismiss the fourth and fifth causes in the complaint, affirmed. Respondent shall recover of appellants $60 costs and disbursements of this appeal. The two causes under attack make statements impugning plaintiff’s professional ability as a journalist, reflect upon her professional integrity, as well as her mental stability, and also claim malice on the part of defendants. The pleading is therefore sufficient, as being "a writing which tends to disparage a person in the way of his…