Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York March 7, 1996 (Peeper v. Ledger)

This defamation action was properly dismissed as the complained-of statements are truthful, as demonstrated by the *332documentary evidence • (see, Rinaldi v Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 42 NY2d 369, cert denied 434 US 969). Moreover, the writings at issue here are not susceptible of a defamatory interpretation (see, Cohn v National Broadcasting Co.