Legal Opinion
Geraci v. Probst
New York Court of Appeals
Decided October 14, 2010PublishedCited by 68 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*340OPINION OF THE COURT
Chief Judge Lippman.
The primary issue presented by this libel action is whether it was error to admit into evidence a republication of defendant Thomas Probst’s defamatory statement, made years later without his knowledge or participation. We find that it was error and we therefore modify to vacate the damage award.
Plaintiff Geraci and defendant Probst1 are former business associates who had been partners in an enterprise engaged in selling fire trucks to fire districts on Long Island. Geraci was also a commissioner of the Syosset Fire District. In March 2002, after the…
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