Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York March 13, 2012 (Goldstein v. Held)

In an action to recover damages for libel, the defendant Donna Held appeals from so much of an order of the Supreme Court, Rockland County (Jamieson, J.), dated October 6, 2010, as denied those branches of her cross motion which were for summary judgment on her counterclaim, and for an award of damages, costs, and an attorney’s fee pursuant to Civil Rights Law § 70-a (1), and the plaintiff