SUNOCO v. COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER COMPANY


1999 Mass. App. Div. 126 (1999)

Bourne Sunoco, and another v. Community Newspaper Company, and another

Massachusetts Appellate Division, Southern District.

May 25, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William E. Shay for the plaintiff.

Michael T. Gass for the defendant.

Present: Aguiar, P.J., Wheatley & Sabra, JJ.


Sabra, J.

The plaintiffs, Bourne Sunoco and its owner, Eli Yousef, claim that the defendants, Community Newspaper Company and Paul Gately (hereinafter "Community Newspaper" and "Gately," respectively), defamed them in a news article which appeared in the Bourne Courier, a paper published by the defendant, Community Newspaper. The district court judge allowed the defendants' motion for summary judgment, which allowance is the subject of this appeal.

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