Opinion
Argued February 1, 2000
March 6, 2000
In an action to recover damages for defamation, the plaintiff appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Milano, J.), dated October 8, 1998, which granted the motion of the defendant John Zunic to dismiss the complaint insofar as asserted against him for failure to state a cause of action.
Dan L. Johnston, Esq., P.C., New York, N.Y., for appellant.
Robert A. Skoblar, New York, N.Y., for respondent.
DAVID S. RITTER, J.P., FRED T. SANTUCCI, WILLIAM C. THOMPSON, LEO F. McGINITY, JJ.
DECISION ORDER
ORDERED that the order is affirmed, with costs.
The statements in question were covered by an absolute privilege (see, Romeo v. Village of Fishkill, 248 A.D.2d 700 ; Herzfeld Stern v. Beck, 175 A.D.2d 689, 691 ; Grasso v. Mathew, 164 A.D.2d 476 ; Missick v. Big V Supermarkets, 115 A.D.2d 808 ).
RITTER, J.P., SANTUCCI, THOMPSON, and McGINITY, JJ., concur.