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BOSTON MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY v. VARONE

No. 5894.

303 F.2d 155 (1962)

BOSTON MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant, Appellant, v. Albert A. VARONE, Plaintiff, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals First Circuit.

May 14, 1962.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James K. Edwards, Providence, R. I., with whom William H. Edwards and Edwards & Angell, Providence, R. I., were on the brief, for appellant.

Albert B. West, Providence, R. I., with whom Leo T. Connors and Kiernan, Connors, Kenyon & Wiley, Providence, R. I., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before HARTIGAN and ALDRICH, Circuit Judges, and CAFFREY, District Judge.

ALDRICH, Circuit Judge.

This is an action for libel. The defendant is a Massachusetts insurance company which formerly employed the plaintiff as an agent or solicitor in Rhode Island, where this cause arose. The alleged libel was a letter written by the defendant to the Insurance Commissioner of Rhode Island, stating that the plaintiff had been "discharged for misappropriation of Company funds and shortages in his accounts." The defendant pleaded truth and privilege...

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