Heins v. Board of Trustees of the Incorporated Village of Greenport
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
In an action to recover damages for defamation, the defendant appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Suffolk County (Underwood, J.), dated March 27, 1996, which, upon the prior conversion of its motion to dismiss the complaint pursuant to CPLR 3211 to a motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint, denied the motion.
Ordered that the order is reversed, on the law, with costs, the defendant’s motion is granted, and the complaint is dismissed.
The plaintiff failed to comply with General Municipal Law § 50-h. Therefore, he was precluded from commencing this action (see, Ardia v…
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