FLEMING v. BENZAQUIN


390 Mass. 175 (1983)

454 N.E.2d 95

JAMES F. FLEMING & another vs. PAUL A. BENZAQUIN & another.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

September 16, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles R. Parrott (Andrew J. McElaney, Jr., with him) for Westinghouse Broadcasting Company, Inc.

Thomas Arthur Hensley for the plaintiffs.

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


NOLAN, J.

This is an action for defamation, intentional infliction of severe emotional distress, and loss of consortium brought by James F. Fleming, a Massachusetts State police officer, and Kathleen T. Fleming, his wife, against Paul A. Benzaquin, the host of a nightly radio "talk show" on radio station WBZ, and Westinghouse Broadcasting Company, Inc. (Westinghouse),3 which owned and operated...

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