Martinson v. Blau

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Jane Solomon, J.), entered on or about November 22, 2000, which granted defendant’s motion to dismiss the complaint for failure to state a cause of action, unanimously affirmed, with costs.

Plaintiffs’ claims for professional malpractice, breach of contract and prima facie tort, premised on the allegation that defendant gave false testimony in a New Jersey action, were *235properly dismissed, since “[a] witness at a judicial or quasi-judicial proceeding enjoys an absolute privilege with respect to his or her testimony” (see, Pfeiffer v Hoffman, 251 AD2d 94,…