Blinder v. New York State Society of Oral

Full title: TODD BLINDER, Appellant, v. NEW YORK STATE SOCIETY OF ORAL AND…

Court: Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department

Date published: Jun 17, 1996

228 A.D.2d 535 (N.Y. App. Div. 1996)

644 N.Y.S.2d 632

Opinion

June 17, 1996

Appeal from the Supreme Court, Suffolk County (Oshrin, J.).

Ordered that the order is affirmed insofar as appealed from, with costs.

Upon the defendants making out a prima facie case for summary judgment, the plaintiff failed to demonstrate that a triable issue of fact exists with regard to his claims based upon (1) the alleged wrongful denial of his application for membership in the defendant New York State Society of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons, Inc. and (2) defamation. Thus, summary judgment dismissing the amended complaint was properly granted (see, Zuckerman v. City of New York, 49 N.Y.2d 557). Rosenblatt, J.P., Thompson, Pizzuto and Hart, JJ., concur.