Lendino v. Fiorenza

Motion to vacate notice of examination of defendant before trial.

There is no attack on the items of the examination. The motion is predicated on the proposition that the action is one for slander; that the alleged slanderous words used were not *116slanderous per se; that no special damages are pleaded and that, therefore, the complaint being defective, the plaintiff is not entitled to an examination before trial.

The plaintiff is a lawyer. The slanderous words used were that he was a crook.

While it appears that in the first department it has been held that the word “ crook ” is not slanderous per…