Legal Opinion
Mahoney v. Adirondack Publishing Co.
New York Court of Appeals
Decided December 17, 1987PublishedCited by 53 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Chief Judge Wachtler.
Thomas Bengston, the defendant in this libel action, is a newspaper reporter and the author of an article which appeared in the sports section of the October 3, 1983 edition of the Adirondack Daily Enterprise, a newspaper published by defendant Adirondack Publishing Company. The article was critical of the conduct of plaintiff Jeremiah Mahoney, a high school football coach, during a football game between Mahoney’s St. Lawrence Central High School team and a team from Tupper Lake. Mahoney commenced this libel action against Bengston and the newspaper…
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