Wehringer v. Allen-Stevenson School
| Decision Date | 31 October 1974 |
| Docket Number | ALLEN-STEVENSON |
| Citation | 46 A.D.2d 641,360 N.Y.S.2d 429 |
| Court | New York Supreme Court — Appellate Division |
| Parties | Helen M. WEHRINGER, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. TheSCHOOL et al., Defendants-Appellants. |
C. K. Wehringer, New York City, for plaintiff-respondent.
E. D. Hamilton, New York City, for defendants-appellants.
Before McGIVERN, P.J., and MARKEWICH, NUNEZ, LUPIANO and YESAWICH, JJ.
Order, Supreme Court, New York County, entered on July 5, 1974, denying the motion to dismiss the complaint unanimously reversed, on the law, and defendants' motion is granted. Appellants shall recover of respondent $60 costs and disbursements of this appeal.
The material alleged to be defamatory is not libelous per se (see: Tracy v. Newsday, Inc., 5 N.Y.2d 134, 182 N.Y.S.2d 1, 155 N.E.2d 853; Berkson v. Time, Inc., 8 A.D.2d 352, 187 N.Y.S.2d 849, aff'd 7 N.Y.2d 1007, 200 N.Y.S.2d 51, 166 N.E.2d 847), and in the absence of special damages, the complaint cannot withstand defendants' motion to dismiss pursuant to CPLR 3211 (subd. (a), par. 7) for failure to state a cause of action. (See: O'Connell v. Press Publishing Co., 214 N.Y. 352, 358, 108 N.E. 556, 557; Dauer & Fittipaldi v. Twenty First Century Communications, Inc., 43 A.D.2d 178, 179, 349 N.Y.S.2d 736, 737).
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