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LYONS v. NEW MASS MEDIA, INC.

390 Mass. 51 (1983)

453 N.E.2d 451

KENNETH T. LYONS & others vs. NEW MASS MEDIA, INC. & another.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

August 30, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert H. Goldman (Roberta A. Schreiber with him) for the plaintiffs.

Stephen H. Oleskey (Christina L. Harms with him) for the defendants.

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

LYNCH, J.

This defamation case has as its genesis an article published during the summer of 1978 by the defendant New Mass Media, Inc. (New Mass Media), during a heated campaign between two unions seeking election as bargaining agent for municipal employees in Springfield. The plaintiffs Kenneth T. Lyons, Ralph L. Atkins, and the National Association of Government Employees, Inc. (NAGE), seek redress for certain allegedly defamatory statements reported in the weekly...

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