In an action for libel and intentional infliction of emotional distress based on news reports stating that plaintiff, a criminal defendant, was to cooperate with prosecutors, dismissal of the complaint is affirmed where the statement reporting that plaintiff planned to cooperate with authorities was not defamatory as a matter of law.
Read Michtavi v. N.Y. Daily News, No. 08-2111
Appellate Information
Submitted: October 23, 2009
Decided: November 25, 2009
Judges
Opinion by Judge Jacobs
Counsel
For Appellant:
Shemtov Michtavi, pro se, White Deer, PA
For Appellees:
Marion Bachrachm, Dana Moskowitz, DePetris & Bachrach, LLP, New York, NY
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