Legal Opinion
Rosenberg v. MetLife, Inc.
New York Court of Appeals
Decided March 29, 2007PublishedCited by 89 opinions
POINTS OF COUNSEL
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Graffeo, J.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit *362has asked us whether statements made by an employer on a National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD) employee termination notice (Form U-5) are subject to an absolute or qualified privilege in a defamation lawsuit. For the reasons that follow, we conclude that such statements are protected by an absolute privilege.
In 1997, defendant MetLife, Inc. hired plaintiff Chaskie Rosenberg to work as a financial service representative in MetLife’s All-Boro agency in Brooklyn. The All-Boro office primarily…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Liberman v. GelsteinNew York Court of Appeals · 1992
- Park Knoll Associates v. SchmidtNew York Court of Appeals · 1983
- Wiener v. WeintraubNew York Court of Appeals · 1968
- People v. WaltonNew York Court of Appeals · 1977
- Julien J. Studley, Inc. v. LefrakAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1975
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3Cited by89 opinions
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