Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York June 28, 2001 (White v. Tarbell)

Carpinello, J.

Cross appeals from an order of the Supreme Court (Demarest, J.), entered November 7, 2000 in Franklin County, which denied defendant’s motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint.

*889Plaintiffs commenced this defamation action based upon certain statements made by defendant in a letter circulated to members of the St.