Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York May 6, 2002 (Cunningham v. Lewenson)

—In an action, inter alia, to recover damages for libel and slander, the plaintiff appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Westchester County (Murphy, J.), entered August 31, 2000, which granted the separate motions of the defendants Sandra Lewenson and Jennifer Harper, and the defendant Francis Alexander, to dismiss the complaint insofar as asserted against them.