Massachusetts Appeals Court February 5, 2003, No. 01-P-323 (MacDonald v. Paton)

Smith, J.

The plaintiff, Mark A. MacDonald, filed a complaint *291in the Superior Court alleging libel and intentional infliction of emotional distress by four defendants: the Athol Daily News; its publisher, Richard Chase, Jr.; its editor, Barney Cummings; and the appellant, Elsa Patón.

Patón filed a special motion to dismiss the plaintiff’s complaint pursuant to G. L. c.