JENNINGS v. CRONIN


256 Pa.Super. 398 (1978)

389 A.2d 1183

Robert F. JENNINGS, Appellant, v. Arthur R. CRONIN.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided July 12, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

G. Thomas Miller, Harrisburg, with him Harvey Freedenberg, Harrisburg, for appellant.

Frederic G. Antoun, Harrisburg, for appellee.

Before WATKINS, President Judge, and JACOBS, HOFFMAN, CERCONE, PRICE, VAN der VOORT and SPAETH, JJ.


SPAETH, Judge:

This is an appeal from an order dismissing preliminary objections to a complaint.1 The complaint is in libel; appellee is plaintiff, and appellant is defendant.

On August 24, 1976, appellant, who was Coroner of Wayne County, testified before a Select Committee of the Pennsylvania Senate, which was investigating deaths of patients at the Farview State Hospital in Wayne County. Before taking questions from the committee...

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