Court of Appeals of New York

In an action for prima facie tort and tortious interference with prospective contractual relations stemming from pressure and influence exerted by the defendants upon school officials who denied the plaintiff tenure, the order of the Appellate Division denying the defendants' motion to dismiss is affirmed, where the absolute immunity from civil liability for instigating official action articulated in Brandt v Winchell, 3 NY2d 628 (1958) could not be extended to protect the alleged course of conduct, which involved blackmail, intimidation and threatening conduct allegedly directed at the plaintiff.

Appellate Information

• Decided 02/21/2012
• Published 02/21/2012

Judges

• Graffeo

Court

• Court of Appeals of New York

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Thomas J. Kavaler, Geri S. Krauss