Leichtentritt v. Leichtentritt

The action is in libel and slander. The parties are husband and wife who have been recently living separate and apart. Plaintiff husband claims that defendant wife is defaming him in his character as a person and in his profession as a doctor. Each of the parties has served notice to examine the other before trial, and the adversary has in each case moved to vacate.

Pretrial examinations in actions.for defamation are not generally favored in this department (Malus v. Sperry Corp., 133 N. Y. S. 2d 286, affd. 282 App. Div. 939; Rowland v. Stim, 147 N. Y. S. 2d 876, affd. 283 App. Div. 942).…