MCCUSKER v. VALLEY NEWS

No. 80-197.

121 N.H. 258 (1981)

JAMES F. McCUSKER v. VALLEY NEWS.

Supreme Court of New Hampshire.

April 3, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brown & Nixon P.A., of Manchester (Stanley M. Brown & a. on the brief and Mr. Brown orally), for the plaintiff.

Bell, Falk & Norton, of Keene (Ernest L. Bell, III, on the brief and orally), for the defendant.


PER CURIAM.

The issue in this libel case is whether the trial court erred in denying the defendant's motion for summary judgment. We uphold the trial court.

On October 8, 1976, the defendant published an article written by one of its staff writers, Jan Slusmon, who reported that certain unnamed legislators had alleged that the plaintiff, who at that time was 78 and the brother of the then sheriff of Sullivan County, was "being paid $9,000 a year as a part...

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