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LAWLESS v. ESTRELLA

No. 19-P-1278.

99 Mass. App. Ct. 16 (2020)

DIANE LAWLESS v. CHERYL ESTRELLA.

Appeals Court of Massachusetts, Bristol.

December 10, 2020.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Chip Muller for the plaintiff.

John M. Wilusz for the defendant.

Present: SULLIVAN, BLAKE, & DITKOFF, JJ.

The plaintiff, Diane Lawless, a former municipal employee, appeals from the entry of summary judgment in favor of a former subordinate, the defendant, Cheryl Estrella, on the plaintiff's claim of defamation. We conclude that an opinion based on disclosed, nondefamatory facts is not defamatory and that many of the allegedly defamatory...

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