FLYNN v. ASSOCIATED PRESS.


401 Mass. 776 (1988)

519 N.E.2d 1304

MICHAEL FLYNN vs. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS & another.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Middlesex.

March 7, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Damon Scarano for the plaintiff.

Francis H. Fox (Jonathan M. Albano with him) for The Associated Press.

James C. Heigham (Brian A. Davis with him) for The St. Louis Post-Dispatch.

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


ABRAMS, J.

We transferred the plaintiff's appeal to this court on our own motion to consider whether his claims of libel, infliction of emotional distress, invasion of privacy, and violation of civil rights under G.L.c. 12, §§ 11H and I (1986 ed.), are barred by the applicable three-year statutes of limitations. G.L.c. 260, §§ 2A and 4 (1986 ed.). A judge in the Superior Court determined that the claims...

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