BLANCHARD v. STEWARD CARNEY HOSPITAL, INC.

No. 14-P-717.

89 Mass. App. Ct. 97 (2016)

LYNNE BLANCHARD & others v. STEWARD CARNEY HOSPITAL, INC., & others.

Appeals Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

February 24, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey A. Dretler ( Katharine A. Crawford & Joseph W. Ambash with him) for the defendants.

Dahlia C. Rudavsky ( Ellen J. Messing with her) for the plaintiffs.

Present: KATZMANN, SULLIVAN, & BLAKE, JJ.


In this case we consider whether the defendants' special motion to dismiss the plaintiffs' defamation claim pursuant to G. L. c. 231, § 59H, widely known as the "anti-SLAPP"3 statute, was properly denied. The central question is whether, during a period of crisis when Steward Carney Hospital (Carney...

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