KLAUDER v. PHILA. NEWSPAPERS, INC.

No. 2479.

66 Pa. D. & C. 2d 271 (1973)

Klauder v. Philadelphia Newspapers, Inc.

Common Pleas Court of Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.

October 15, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph D. Shein, for plaintiffs.

Harold E. Kohn, for defendants.


McDEVITT, J., October 15, 1973.

This is an action of libel based on a series of articles in the Philadelphia Inquirer between November 16 and December 5, 1971, charging pervasive and systematic corruption in the Philadelphia Police Department. The accounts were heralded by such headlines as the following: "A Three Month Inquirer Investigation Has Produced Evidence of Widespread Police Corruption," "Gotta Pay Everybody...

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