Ordered that the order is affirmed insofar as appealed from, with costs.
The plaintiffs allege that the defendant sent a defamatory email in 2014 to the plaintiffs' adult children. The defendant is the sister of the plaintiff Janet Elias. The plaintiff Yeheskel Elias is the husband of Janet Elias.
"A defamatory statement of fact is in contrast to `pure opinion' which under our laws is not actionable because `[e]xpressions of opinion, as opposed to assertions...
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