TUCCI v. GUY GANNETT PUB. CO.


464 A.2d 161 (1983)

Paul C. TUCCI v. GUY GANNETT PUBLISHING CO., et al.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided August 8, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sewall Mittell & Hefferan, Robert Edmond Mittel (orally), Portland, for plaintiff.

Preti, Flaherty & Beliveau, Jonathan S. Piper (orally), Portland, for Guy Gannett Pub. Co.

Kelly, Remmel & Zimmerman, Leland Chisholm (orally), Portland, for John E. Menario.

Bernstein, Shur, Sawyer & Nelson, F. Paul Frinsko (orally), Portland, for defendants.

Before McKUSICK, C.J., and NICHOLS, ROBERTS, VIOLETTE and WATHEN, JJ.


VIOLETTE, Justice.

On January 23, 1980, plaintiff Paul Tucci brought a libel action (CV-80-89) against Guy Gannett Publishing Co.,2 Jean Gannett Hawley, John K. Murphy, Nancy Perry and John Menario for statements appearing in a series of articles and editorials published in the "Portland Press Herald" and the "Evening Express" in late September of 1979. He subsequently filed an action (CV-80-493) on April 22, 1980, against the above named...

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