Case Name: Gregg S. Moran, Respondent, v. Hearst Corporation et al., Appellants, et al., Defendants; Daniel D. Moran, Respondent, v. Hearst Corporation et al., Appellants, et al., Defendants
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1975-11-06
Citations: 50 A.D.2d 527
Docket Number: 
Parties: Gregg S. Moran, Respondent, v Hearst Corporation et al., Appellants, et al., Defendants. Daniel D. Moran, Respondent, v Hearst Corporation et al., Appellants, et al., Defendants.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 50
Pages: 527–527

Head Matter:
Gregg S. Moran, Respondent, v Hearst Corporation et al., Appellants, et al., Defendants. Daniel D. Moran, Respondent, v Hearst Corporation et al., Appellants, et al., Defendants.

Opinion:
— Order, Supreme Court, New York County, entered on May 3, 1975, denying defendants-appellants' motions to dismiss the complaints herein for failure to state a cause of action, unanimously reversed, on the law, and complaints dismissed, with $60 costs and disbursements to appellants. The article and language involved in these actions did not constitute libel per se in that it did not tend "to expose [plaintiffs] to hatred, contempt or aversion, or to induce an evil or unsavory opinion of [them] in the minds of a substantial number of the community", (Mencher v Chesley, 297 NY 94, 100) and, since no special damages are claimed, Special Term clearly erred in failing to grant the motions to dismiss. Concur — Markewich, J. P., Tilzer, Capozzoli, Lane and Nunez, JJ.