Case Name: Nat Mack, Doing Business as Viola Gardens Apt. Co., Appellant, v. Robert P. Olsen et al., Respondents
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1982-10-04
Citations: 90 A.D.2d 482
Docket Number: 
Parties: Nat Mack, Doing Business as Viola Gardens Apt. Co., Appellant, v Robert P. Olsen et al., Respondents.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 90
Pages: 482–483

Head Matter:
Nat Mack, Doing Business as Viola Gardens Apt. Co., Appellant, v Robert P. Olsen et al., Respondents.

Opinion:
In a defamation action, plaintiff appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Rockland County (Gurahian, J.) dated August 7, 1981, which granted defendants' motion for summary judgment. Order affirmed, with $50 costs and disbursements. The alleged defamatory statements at issue on this appeal were made in a complaint and in an affidavit in a prior judicial proceeding. Since each of those statements was pertinent to the litigation, they are absolutely privileged. (See Youmans v Smith, 153 NY 214; Star v Simonelli, 76 AD2d 861.) Lazer, J. P., Mangano, Gibbons and Brown, JJ., concur. .