Gaeta v. New York News Inc.
New York Court of Appeals
POINTS OF COUNSEL I. Plaintiff should be required to meet the liability standards articulated in Chapadeau v Utica Observer-Dispatch. (New York Times Co. v Sullivan, 376 US 254; Curtis Pub.
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POINTS OF COUNSEL I. Plaintiff should be required to meet the liability standards articulated in Chapadeau v Utica Observer-Dispatch. (New York Times Co. v Sullivan, 376 US 254; Curtis Pub. Co. v Butts, 388 US 130; St.Amant v Thompson, 390 US 727; Trails West v Wolff, 32 NY2d 207; Rosenbloom v Metromedia, 403 US 29; Gertz v Robert Welch, Inc., 418 US 323; Chapadeau v Utica Observer-Dispatch, 38 NY2d 196; Cottom v Meredith Corp., 65 AD2d 165; Campo Lindo v New York Post Corp., 65 AD2d 650; Greenberg v CBS Inc., 69 AD2d 693.) II. Defendants’ investigation was sufficient to entitle them to…
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Kaye, J.
This libel action, brought by a nonpublic figure against a newspaper publisher and reporter, tests the reach of Chapadeau v Utica Observer-Dispatch (38 NY2d 196). In Chapadeau this court held that “where the content of the article is arguably within the sphere of legitimate public concern, which is reasonably related to matters warranting public exposition,” a defamed party may recover damages only on a showing of gross irresponsibility (38 NY2d, p 199). Plaintiff asserts that defamatory statements about her, in an article concerning a State program which featured…
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- Zuckerman v. City of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1980
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- O'Connor v. G&R Packing Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1981
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