PACELLA v. MILFORD RADIO CORP.


18 Mass. App. Ct. 6 (1984)

462 N.E.2d 355

NICHOLAS P. PACELLA vs. MILFORD RADIO CORPORATION & another.

Appeals Court of Massachusetts, Worcester.

April 17, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David A. Mills for the plaintiff.

William J. LeDoux for the defendants.

Present: GRANT, DREBEN, & SMITH, JJ.


DREBEN, J.

In 1975 Nicholas P. Pacella was a candidate for the Milford board of selectmen. On the day before the election, an anonymous caller telephoned the corporate defendant's radio station and made certain defamatory remarks directed against Pacella on a talk show devoted to the election. Although an electronic delay system gave the defendant Joseph G. Hyder, the talk show's host, a seven-second preview of the...

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