Legal Opinion
White v. Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Massachusetts, Inc.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided June 11, 2004PublishedCited by 89 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMarshall, C.J.
Roy Albert White, a former employee of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Massachusetts, Inc. (Blue Cross), commenced an action in the Superior Court seeking to hold Blue Cross hable for allegedly defamatory statements made to White while he was employed by Blue Cross and subsequently communicated by White to prospective employers. A Superior Court judge allowed Blue Cross’s motion to dismiss for failure to state a claim for which relief can be granted because White conceded that Blue Cross had not communicated the defama*65tory statements to any third party. Mass. R. Civ. P. 12 (b) (6), 365 Mass.…
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