Hassig v. FitzRandolph
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the CourtKane, J.
Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court (Demarest, J.), entered February 24, 2003 in St. Lawrence County, which partially granted defendants’ motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint against defendant Peter W. FitzRandolph.
Plaintiffs, environmental activists who regularly spoke at municipal board meetings, claim that they were defamed by defendants, who are county legislators. Specifically, as relevant here, defendant Peter W. FitzRandolph told a newspaper reporter that members of the St. Lawrence County Board of Legislators were “all really sick of it. I don’t think one person…
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