Chernick v. Rothstein

—In an action to recover damages for *509defamation and injurious falsehood, the plaintiff appeals, as limited by his brief, from so much of an order of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Durante, J.), dated July 9, 1992, as, upon reargument, adhered to the original determination granting the defendant’s motion pursuant to CPLR 3211 (a) (7) to dismiss the action for failure to state a cause of action.

Ordered that the order is affirmed insofar as appealed from, with costs.

The plaintiff commenced this action to recover damages for injurious falsehood and defamation arising from alleged slanderous…