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BROPHY v. PHILADELPHIA NEWSPAPERS INC.

281 Pa.Super. 588 (1980)

422 A.2d 625

William J. BROPHY, Charles J. Charlesworth and Glenn A. Baker, Appellants, v. PHILADELPHIA NEWSPAPERS INC., Sam S. McKeel, Creed Black, Larry Eichel and "John Doe."

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed October 31, 1980.

Petition for Allowance of Appeal Denied February 3, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert C. Brown, Jr., Easton, for appellants.

Joseph F. Roda, Philadelphia, for appellees.

Before SPAETH, HESTER and CAVANAUGH, JJ.

CAVANAUGH, Judge:

Appellants-plaintiffs, the Police Commissioner of Pottsville and two police officers, appeal from the order of the lower court granting summary judgment for appellees-defendants, the Philadelphia Newspapers, Inc. and various of its employees. Appellants had initiated an action in libel seeking to recover compensatory and punitive damages allegedly sustained as a result of a defamatory article published by appellees in the Philadelphia Inquirer on...

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