Mechta v. Mack

— In an action to recover damages for defamation, the plaintiff appeals from (1) so much of an order of the Supreme Court, Dutchess County (Beisner, J.), entered December 5, 1988, as granted the defendants’ cross motion pursuant to CPLR 3211 (a) (7) to dismiss the complaint for failure to state a cause of action, and (2) so much of an order of the same court, also entered December 5, 1988, as denied as academic his motion for leave to serve an amended complaint.

Ordered that the orders are affirmed insofar as appealed from, with one bill of costs; and it is further,

Ordered that the parties are…