Legal Opinion
Hayes v. Newspapers of New Hampshire, Inc.
Supreme Court of New Hampshire
Decided November 26, 1996No. 96-253PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBroderick, J.
In this interlocutory appeal, the defendant, Newspapers of New Hampshire d/b/a Valley News (Valley News), appeals the Superior Court’s (O’Neill, J.) denial of its motion for summary judgment based on the ruling that the fair report privilege does not apply in New Hampshire. For the reasons that follow, we vacate the trial court’s ruling and remand.
The plaintiff, Lynn Hayes a/k/a Lynn Duncan, filed a defamation action against the Valley News alleging that the Valley News negligently published statements concerning her in an article about a public meeting held by the Hartland, Vermont, Board of…
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- Medico, Philip T. v. Time, IncCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1981
- ELM Medical Laboratory, Inc. v. RKO General, Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1989
- McGranahan v. DaharSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1979
- Costello v. Ocean County ObserverSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1994
- McCusker v. Valley NewsSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1981
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