Legal Opinion
Bose Corporation v. Consumers Union of United States, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided November 23, 1982No. 82-1230PublishedCited by 88 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOWNES, Circuit Judge.
This product disparagement case arises from an article evaluating the Bose 901 Series I stereo loudspeaker system by Consumer Reports, the monthly magazine of defendant-appellant, Consumers Union (CU). The district court found, in a bench trial limited to liability, that one statement in the article was false and was published with knowledge that it was false or with reckless disregard of its falsity. Bose Corp. v. Consumers Union of the United States, Inc., 508 F.Supp. 1249 (D.Mass.1981) (Julian, J.). In a subsequent trial, damages were *191assessed in the amount of…
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