Belanich v. Brophy

—In an action to recover damages for slander, the defendants appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Westchester County (Colabella, J.), entered September 25, 1997, which, upon a jury verdict, is in favor of the plaintiff and against them in the principal sum of $150,000.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed, with costs.

Contrary to the defendants’ contentions, the trial court correctly refused to charge the jury that the subject defamatory remarks were made under a qualified privilege (see, Liberman v Gelstein, 80 NY2d 429, 437; Wright v Johnson, 184 AD2d 234; Hollander v Cayton, 145…