Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, 1987

The court reversed the judgments for the plaintiffs on defamation, malicious prosecution, and loss of consortium arising from defamation and intentional infliction of emotional distress, while affirming judgment for Polaroid on malicious prosecution.

The court agreed that the conviction must be reversed because the prosecutor made several improper and prejudicial arguments and the jury heard irrelevant, prejudicial evidence about the defendant’s jello wrestling.