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Djonovic v. Zunic

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Mar 6, 2000
270 A.D.2d 224 (N.Y. App. Div. 2000)

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.


Summaries of

Djonovic v. Zunic

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Mar 6, 2000
270 A.D.2d 224 (N.Y. App. Div. 2000)
Case details for

Djonovic v. Zunic

Case Details

Full title:NASER DJONOVIC, appellant, v. JOHN ZUNIC, respondent, et al., defendant

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

Date published: Mar 6, 2000

Citations

270 A.D.2d 224 (N.Y. App. Div. 2000)
704 N.Y.S.2d 839