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VIGODA v. BARTON

348 Mass. 478 (1965)

204 N.E.2d 441

DAVID VIGODA vs. WALTER E. BARTON.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk..

February 8, 1965.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William P. Homans, Jr., for the plaintiff.

Philip M. Cronin for the defendant.

Present: WILKINS, C.J., WHITTEMORE, CUTTER, KIRK, & REARDON, JJ.

REARDON, J.

This is an action for libel and slander. Counts 3 and 4 of the plaintiff's substitute declaration1 allege that the defendant, superintendent and appointing authority of Boston State Hospital, libelled the plaintiff by writing and publishing in March, 1956, two letters, the first of which recommended dismissal and the second of which discharged the plaintiff from his position as a psychiatric social worker at Boston State Hospital...

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