· 3/3/1989
Healey v. New England Newspapers, Inc.
Citations
- 555 A.2d 321
- 16 Media L. Rep. (BNA) 1753
- 1989 R.I. LEXIS 27
- 1989 WL 19399
How courts have described this case
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- stating that as long as the “gist or the sting of the publication is true, the publication is not false”
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