FOLEY v. LOWELL SUN PUBLISHING CO.

No. 87-478.

25 Mass. App. Ct. 416 (1988)

519 N.E.2d 601

MICHAEL J. FOLEY vs. THE LOWELL SUN PUBLISHING COMPANY.

Appeals Court of Massachusetts, Middlesex.

February 23, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert L. Hernandez for the plaintiff.

Robert H. Goldman for The Lowell Sun Publishing Company.

David C. Jenkins for Roger Lamothe.

Present: GRANT, CUTTER, & ARMSTRONG, JJ.


GRANT, J.

The plaintiff has appealed from a summary judgment entered in the Superior Court which dismissed this action for libel brought by reason of the defendant's publication on February 5, 1983, of the newspaper article bearing the headline "Officer assaulted; two men charged" which has been reproduced in the appendix to this opinion. The judge who heard the defendant's motion for summary judgment concluded that...

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