Case Name: Joseph Amodei, Appellant, v. New York State Chiropractic Association et al., Respondents, et al., Defendants
Court: New York Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1991-03-26
Citations: 77 N.Y.2d 890
Docket Number: 
Parties: Joseph Amodei, Appellant, v New York State Chiropractic Association et al., Respondents, et al., Defendants.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Reports
Volume: 77
Pages: 890–891

Head Matter:
Joseph Amodei, Appellant, v New York State Chiropractic Association et al., Respondents, et al., Defendants.
Argued February 6, 1991;
decided March 26, 1991
APPEARANCES OF COUNSEL
Howard S. Davis and Barry M. Hoffman for appellant.
Barry G. Saretsky and Scott S. Greenspun for respondents.

Opinion:
OPINION OF THE COURT
Memorandum.
The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed, with costs.
Plaintiffs defamation action was properly dismissed. The words of which he complains could not reasonably have been understood as implying a false assertion of fact.
Chief Judge Wachtler and Judges Simons, Kaye, Alexander, Titone and Hancock, Jr., concur; Judge Bellacosa taking no part.
Order affirmed, with costs, in a memorandum.