COLE v. WESTINGHOUSE BROADCASTING CO., INC.


386 Mass. 303 (1982)

435 N.E.2d 1021

JOHN D. COLE, THIRD, vs. WESTINGHOUSE BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC. & another.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

May 20, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles R. Parrott (Mary Lee Jacobs with him) for the defendants.

Alexander H. Pratt, Jr., & Harvey Weiner for the plaintiff.

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


NOLAN, J.

The plaintiff, John D. Cole, III (Cole), brought this action in the Superior Court for alleged defamation by Westinghouse Broadcasting Company, Inc. (Westinghouse), WBZ-TV, Seymour Yanoff, individually and as general manager of WBZ-TV, Amy Konowitz, individually and as official spokesperson for WBZ-TV and Alan Frank, individually and as program manager of WBZ-TV. At the close of the plaintiff's case, the trial...

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