Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York January 13, 2016, 2014-01660 (Colantonio v. Mercy Medical Center)

In an action to recover damages for defamation, the defendants appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Nassau County (Galasso, J.), dated December 13, 2013, which denied their motion for summary judgment dismissing the fourth, thirteenth, fifteenth, sixteenth, and eighteenth through twenty-second causes of action, and stated portions of the second, third, fifth, eighth, eleventh, twelfth, and