Legal Opinion
Farber v. Jefferys
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided February 19, 2013PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Louis B. York, J.), *515entered November 9, 2011, which granted defendant Richard Jefferys’ motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint as against him, unanimously affirmed, with costs.
Supreme Court properly determined that plaintiff was a limited public figure because, through her publication of countless articles, she voluntarily injected herself into the controversial debate on whether HIV causes AIDS with a view toward influencing the debate (see Krauss v Globe Intl., 251 AD2d 191, 192 [1st Dept 1998]), and “projected] [her] name and personality…
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