Marino v. Wallace
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Opinion
—Order unanimously affirmed, without costs. Memorandum: We affirm because in our view the allegedly slanderous remarks were made during the course of a Public Service Commission hearing which was in substance a quasi-judicial proceeding to which an absolute privilege attaches (Julian J. Studley, Inc. v Lefrak, 50 AD2d 162, affd on other grounds 41 NY2d 881; see Toker v Pollak, 44 NY2d 211, 222; Wiener v Weintraub, 22 NY2d 330; Andrews v Gardiner, 224 NY 440 446-447). (Appeal from order of Onondaga Supreme Court — summary judgment.) Present — Marsh, P. J., Moule, Cardamone, Simons and Schnepp, JJ.
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65 A.D.2d 946, 410 N.Y.S.2d 488, 1978 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 13872, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/opinion/marino-v-wallace-nyappdiv-1978.