Legal Opinion
Tartaglia v. Townsend
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided April 23, 1985PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCutter, J.
This action for libel was brought in the Superior Court on January 3, 1984, by Wayne Tartaglia (Wayne) because of the later of two articles by Townsend, published in The Enterprise, a Brockton newspaper (newspaper). The articles appeared in a weekly boxing column called “Ringwise.” The first article (November 4, 1983) described a portrait of the late pugilist “Rocky” Marciano, a former heavyweight champion, held in great esteem in his native city, Brockton. According to the article, a Brockton resident found the portrait in his garage. Henry Tartaglia (usually referred to, in the article and…
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