Rust Communications Group, Inc. v. 70 State Street Travel Service, Ltd.

—Order unanimously reversed, on the law, with costs to plaintiff, and plaintiff’s motion granted. Memorandum: Plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment dismissing defendants’ counterclaim for libel should have been granted. The counterclaim alleges that plaintiff, the owner of a radio station, *585broadcast a false news story that defendant Jacqueline Laney and her husband, who had conducted a travel agency, were wanted by the police in several States for cheating their customers. Since the subject matter of the broadcast was "arguably within the sphere of legitimate public concern”, defendants may…