Kaz, Inc. v. Metropolitan Broadcasting Corp.

Defendant moves for dismissal of the amended complaint for legal insufficiency. The original complaint was dismissed, the court stating: ‘ £ The complaint makes repeated allegations that the allegedly defamatory matter in the broadcast was published ‘ concerning the product of plaintiffs’ (paragraphs 9, 14, 15), but makes no allegation that the matter was published of and concerning plaintiffs themselves. The pleading must, therefore, be viewed as attempting to plead a cause of action for libel on a product. The fact that it also contains allegations that plaintiffs were injured in their good…