HUMPHREY v. NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR CORP.


18 Mass. App. Ct. 132 (1984)

463 N.E.2d 1197

ROBERT S. HUMPHREY vs. NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR CORP. (and a companion case).

Appeals Court of Massachusetts, Essex.

May 18, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William G. Evans for the plaintiff.

Philip D. O'Neill, Jr., for the defendants.

Present: HALE, C.J., GRANT, & KASS, JJ.


KASS, J.

Such is the antiquity of these libel cases that the initial pleadings predate the effective date of the Massachusetts Rules of Civil Procedure.2 Humphrey was a salesman for New England Technical Sales (NETS) which, in turn, acted as a manufacturer's representative for the New England area of the defendant National Semiconductor Corp. (National). The defamatory material about...

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