Nyack Hospital v. Empire Blue Cross & Blue Shield

Full title: NYACK HOSPITAL, Respondent, v. EMPIRE BLUE CROSS AND BLUE SHIELD, Appellant

Court: Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department

Date published: May 24, 1999

261 A.D.2d 594 (N.Y. App. Div. 1999)

689 N.Y.S.2d 401

Opinion

May 24, 1999

Appeal from the Supreme Court, Rockland County (Meehan, J.).

Ordered that the order is affirmed insofar as appealed from, with costs.

The Supreme Court' correctly found that the appellant did not validly state a cause of action to recover damages for defamation and thus properly dismissed that counterclaim ( see, CPLR 3211 [a] [7]; Springer v. Club Med, 240 A.D.2d 395; Doherty v. New York Tel. Co., 202 A.D.2d 627).

The appellant's remaining contentions are without merit.

S. Miller, J. P., Ritter, Thompson and Altman, JJ., concur.