Book v. Severino

Order entered in the Supreme Court, Bronx County, on April 30, 1975 granting defendants’ motion to dismiss the complaint for failure to state a cause of action in libel per se, unanimously reversed, on the law, the motion denied and the complaint reinstated, without costs and without disbursements. Plaintiffs purchased a nursing home from defendants and agreed to continue most of the home’s personnel in their employ. At the closing, defendants gave plaintiffs $16,000 representing accumulated sick time, vacation time and bonuses to be distributed to the employees at Christmas time, as was…