Defamation is not pled with the requisite particularity where the complaint fails to state whether the utterances were verbal or written, the specific time and location at which the utterances were made, and, most critically, the identity of even a single person who allegedly heard the offending utterances.
Vertical Sys. Analysis, Inc. v. Balzano, NY Slip Op 03138 (1st Dep't April 25, 2019)
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