MYERS v. BOSTON MAGAZINE CO., INC.


7 Mass. App. Ct. 676 (1979)

389 N.E.2d 779

JAMES D. MYERS, JR. vs. BOSTON MAGAZINE COMPANY, INC.

Appeals Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

May 29, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard K. Latimer for the plaintiff.

Joseph D. Steinfield for the defendant.

Present: GRANT, ROSE, & KASS, JJ.


ROSE, J.

The sole issue on appeal is whether a published description of the plaintiff, a television sports announcer, as "[t]he only newscaster in town who is enrolled in a course for remedial speaking" gives rise to a legally cognizable claim of libel against the defendant publisher. A majority of the panel conclude that it does.

The plaintiff is a sports news announcer at the Boston television station WBZ-TV. We assume, without deciding, as the parties have...

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