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YOVINO v. FISH

No. 88-P-132.

27 Mass. App. Ct. 442 (1989)

539 N.E.2d 548

PAUL YOVINO vs. ROBERT FISH & another.

Appeals Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

June 7, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Terrence J. McLarney for the plaintiff.

Geoffrey E. Hobart (Michael J. Liston with him) for the defendants.

Present: ARMSTRONG, BROWN, & KASS, JJ.

KASS, J.

It was not exactly "The War of the Worlds,"2 but some listeners were taken in. On July 16, 1982, a "talkmaster," Jerry Williams, broadcasting over radio station WRKO-AM, interviewed a comic who impersonated then mayor of Boston, Kevin H. White. "His Honor," the honorific which Williams lavished upon his guest, took calls from the radio audience. He pretended to be the mayor, although greatly exaggerating the mannerisms of the...

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