Landsman v. Tonawanda Publishing Corp.

— Order unanimously modified on the law and as modified affirmed without costs in accordance with *1029the following Memorandum: Defendant published a news story inaccurately reporting that the infant Michael Landsman, Jr., had been charged with second-degree sodomy. In fact, the infant’s father, Michael Landsman, Sr., had been charged with that crime. We agree with defendant that its mistaken substitution of the suffix "Jr.” for "Sr.” should not result in liability (see, Chapadeau v Utica Observer-Dispatch, 38 NY2d 196, 200). Reading the statement complained of in the context of the entire…