PRIESTLEY v. HASTINGS & SONS PUBLISHING CO. OF LYNN


360 Mass. 118 (1971)

271 N.E.2d 628

JOHN W. PRIESTLEY, JR. vs. HASTINGS & SONS PUBLISHING COMPANY OF LYNN.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Essex.

June 30, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward J. Barshak (Stanley R. Berkowitz with him) for the defendant.

Thomas J. Carens for the plaintiff.

Present: SPIEGEL, REARDON, QUIRICO, & BRAUCHER, JJ.


REARDON, J.

This is an action of tort for libel stemming from the publication of three articles by the defendant in its newspaper, the Daily Evening Item (Item). The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff of $25,000. The defendant has taken exceptions alleging two errors. Both hinge on whether the "actual malice" standard articulated by the United States Supreme Court in New York Times Co. v. Sullivan, ...

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