Bosworth v. Inhabitants of Swansey

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• recognizing a “strong public interest in having access to public proceedings” and applying fair- report privilege to law firm who republished allegations made in a pending wrongful death suit on its website
• explaining an absolute privilege shields a speaker from “all liability,” whereas a qualified privilege can be lost if abused
• setting forth elements of defamation

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).