BLANCHARD v. STEWARD CARNEY HOSPITAL, INC.

SJC-12618.

483 Mass. 200 (2019)

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

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

September 23, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey A. Dretler for the defendants.

Dahlia C. Rudavsky ( Ellen J. Messing also present) for the plaintiffs.

James A.W. Shaw , Jasper Groner , & Donald J. Siegel , for Massachusetts AFL-CIO, amicus curiae, submitted a brief.

Present: GANTS, C.J., LENK, GAZIANO, LOWY, BUDD, CYPHER, & KAFKER, JJ.


This is the second time the defendants have appealed from the denial of their special motion to dismiss the plaintiffs' defamation claim, pursuant to the "anti-SLAPP" statute, G. L. c. 231, § 59H.3 See Blanchard v. Steward Carney Hospital, Inc.,...

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