Hirschfeld v. Daily News, L.P.

—Motion for leave to appeal to the Court of Appeals denied, with $100 costs; defendants’ request for sanctions granted to the extent of directing plaintiff to pay $1,000 to defendants, and the Clerk of Supreme Court, New York County, directed to enter judgment accordingly.

This Court previously affirmed the dismissal of plaintiff’s complaint in this defamation action, on the ground that the challenged statements in the Daily News were true (Hirschfeld v Daily News, 269 AD2d 248). We granted sanctions at that time because the appeal’s lack of legal and factual basis should have been apparent to…