William Guerrero v George Carva

Guerrero v Carva 2004 NYSlipOp 05359 Decided on June 17, 2004 Appellate Division, First Department Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431. This opinion is uncorrected and subject to revision before publication in the Official Reports.

Decided on June 17, 2004
Nardelli, J.P., Mazzarelli, Saxe, Gonzalez, JJ.
3154- 3154A& M-935

[*1]William Guerrero, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants,

v

George Carva, et al., Defendants-Respondents. William Guerrero, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants-Respondents, George Carva, et al., Defendants-Respondents-Appellants.




Law Offices of Michael A. Haskel, Garden City (Leonard
Gekhman of counsel), for appellants/appellants-respondents.
Leslie Salzman, Cardozo Bet Tzedek Legal Services, New York
(Sara Hiltzik of counsel), for respondents/respondents-
appellants.

Orders, Supreme Court, New York County (Barbara R. Kapnick, J.), entered April 17, 2002 and May 23, 2003, modified, on the law, the first, second and third causes of action for libel reinstated, the injunctive relief vacated, and the matter remanded for determinations as to whether plaintiff Guerrero is a limited public figure for purposes of the libel causes of action and for disposition of the same, and for a new determination on the question of injunctive relief based upon the Opinion and Order herein, and otherwise affirmed, without costs. Motion seeking stay denied as moot.

Opinion by Gonzalez, J. All concur.

Order filed.