TOSTI v. AYIK


386 Mass. 721 (1982)

437 N.E.2d 1062

AUGUSTINO TOSTI vs. BAHEEGE AYIK & another.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Middlesex.

July 9, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael P. Angelini (Vincent F. O'Rourke, Jr., with him) for the defendants.

Robert L. Bouley (James W. Luby & Karen M. Thursby, with him) for the plaintiff.

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


NOLAN, J.

This action arises out of the publication by the defendants of an article in a local union newspaper. The article, which appears in the margin,2 made two intertwining allegations about the plaintiff. One was that he was engaged in bargaining unit work contrary to the contract then in force between the employer, General Motors, and the union, United Auto Workers, Local 422. The other was that he was punching repair tickets without...

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