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FOLEY v. LOWELL SUN PUBLISHING CO.

404 Mass. 9 (1989)

533 N.E.2d 196

MICHAEL J. FOLEY vs. LOWELL SUN PUBLISHING COMPANY & another.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Middlesex.

January 19, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert L. Hernandez for the plaintiff.

Robert H. Goldman (Sharon Anderson Wilson with him) for Lowell Sun Publishing Company.

Gordon P. Ramsey for Roger Lamothe.

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

LYNCH, J.

This is an appeal from a grant of summary judgment by a Superior Court judge in a defamation action2 for the defendant, the Lowell Sun Publishing Company (Sun). The original complaint was based on the Sun's publication on February 5, 1983, of a newspaper feature entitled "Police log" and headlined: "Officer assaulted; two men charged." The article reported that Michael J. Foley (Foley...

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