Pascuzzi v. Montcalm Pub. Corp.
| Decision Date | 20 November 1978 |
| Citation | 410 N.Y.S.2d 325,65 A.D.2d 786 |
| Parties | Martin K. PASCUZZI, Appellant, v. MONTCALM PUBLISHING CORPORATION et al., Respondents. |
| Court | New York Supreme Court — Appellate Division |
Irwin Popkin, Shirley, for appellant.
Orenstein, Snitow, Sutak & Pollack, P. C., New York City (Kenneth C. Sutak, New York City, of counsel), for respondent Montcalm Pub. Corp.
Before MOLLEN, P. J., and LATHAM, DAMIANI and TITONE, JJ.
MEMORANDUM BY THE COURT.
In an action to recover damages for libel and for a violation of plaintiff's civil rights (see Civil Rights Law, § 51), plaintiff appeals from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Suffolk County, dated May 3, 1978, which granted the motion of defendant Montcalm Publishing Corporation, and the application of defendant Shieffelin & Co. to dismiss the complaint pursuant to CPLR 3211 (subd. (a), par. 5).
Judgment affirmed, with $50 costs and disbursements to defendant Montcalm Publishing Corporation.
We agree with Special Term that both causes of action are barred by the Statute of Limitations (see CPLR 215, subd. 3). There is no basis, either in section 51 of the Civil Rights Law or in the applicable Statute of Limitations, for a conclusion other than that the cause of action therein defined accrues, for limitation purposes, when the legal injury is in fact sustained. In this case, such injury occurred, if at all, at the time the allegedly offending publication was placed on sale to the public, and no later (see Zuck v. Interstate Pub. Corp. 2 Cir., 317 F.2d 727; Khaury v. Playboy Pub. D.C., 430 F.Supp. 1342).
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