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LAKIAN v. GLOBE NEWSPAPER CO.

399 Mass. 379 (1987)

504 N.E.2d 1046

JOHN R. LAKIAN vs. GLOBE NEWSPAPER COMPANY & another.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Norfolk.

March 10, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Norman Ray Grutman of New York (Jewel H. Grutman of New York & Charles W. Morse, Jr., with him) for the plaintiff.

Francis H. Fox (Jonathan M. Albano with him) for the defendant.

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

WILKINS, J.

On August 18, 1982, the defendant Globe Newspaper Company (Globe) published an article, written by the defendant Walter V. Robinson, concerning John R. Lakian, a candidate for the Republican nomination for Governor in the September, 1982, primary election. The article stated that "inquiry into Lakian's background found what appears to be a pattern of discrepancies between what he says and what the records show about his upbringing, schooling, military...

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