Goldstein v. Held

In an action to recover damages for libel, the defendant Donna Held appeals from so much of an order of the Supreme Court, Rockland County (Jamieson, J.), dated October 6, 2010, as denied those branches of her cross motion which were for summary judgment on her counterclaim, and for an award of damages, costs, and an attorney’s fee pursuant to Civil Rights Law § 70-a (1), and the plaintiff cross-appeals from so much of the same order as granted that branch of the cross motion of the defendant Donna Held which was for summary judgment dismissing the complaint.

Ordered that the order is…