SCHROTTMAN v. BARNICLE


386 Mass. 627 (1982)

437 N.E.2d 205

EDWARD A. SCHROTTMAN vs. MICHAEL BARNICLE.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

June 29, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James F. McHugh (William G. Southard with him) for the defendant.

Ellen Y. Suni (Jack I. Zalkind with her) for the plaintiff.

Present: HENNESSEY, C.J., ABRAMS, NOLAN, LYNCH, & O'CONNOR, JJ.


HENNESSEY, C.J.

This case, which began as a claim of libel and invasion of privacy against a newspaper, an editor, and a reporter, was tried without jury before a judge of a District Court sitting by assignment in the Superior Court who found for the plaintiff against the reporter. The principal issue on appeal is whether the rule of Stone v. Essex County Newspapers, Inc., 367 Mass. 849 (1975), that a "private" person...

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