Eastwood v. Hoefer

In an action, inter alia, to recover damages for defamation, the defendant Francis E. Hoefer appeals, as limited by his brief, from so much of an order of the Supreme Court, Orange County (Slobod, J.), dated September 9, 2013, as denied that branch of his motion which was pursuant to CPLR 4404 (a) to set aside so much of a jury verdict as was in favor of the plaintiff and against him on so much of the complaint as alleged that he made statements published on a website that the plaintiff “use[d] . . . his position to acquire enhanced grades for his daughter” and for judgment as a matter of law…