TROPEANO v. ATLANTIC MONTHLY CO.


379 Mass. 745 (1980)

400 N.E.2d 847

MARY R. TROPEANO vs. THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY COMPANY & another.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

February 5, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ludwig Alban for the plaintiff.

James C. Heigham for the defendants.

Present: HENNESSEY, C.J., QUIRICO, WILKINS, & ABRAMS, JJ.


HENNESSEY, C.J.

In this case we construe for the first time this Commonwealth's statute dealing with unauthorized publication of a person's name or picture. This is an action for monetary damages based on the use of a photograph of the plaintiff as an illustration to an article appearing in the November, 1976, issue of The Atlantic Monthly magazine, published by The Atlantic Monthly Company. The defendants are the publisher of the magazine and the author of the article...

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