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HOCH v. GAVAN

No. 87-798.

25 Mass. App. Ct. 550 (1988)

520 N.E.2d 1319

LAURENCE J. HOCH & others vs. DAVID T. GAVAN.

Appeals Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

March 30, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Janice Bassil for the plaintiffs.

John M. Keough for the defendant.

Present: BROWN, KAPLAN, & DREBEN, JJ.

KAPLAN, J.

On December 9, 1979, the defendant Gavan, a medical doctor, but not having a professional relation to any of the plaintiffs, reported to a child abuse "hotline" that the plaintiff parents were physically abusing the third plaintiff, their young daughter. In their complaint, filed on December 8, 1982, the plaintiffs charged that the defendant's report was a libel upon each of them, and claimed damages.2

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