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DUNLAP v. PHILADELPHIA NEWSPAPERS, INC.

301 Pa.Super. 475 (1982)

448 A.2d 6

Samuel DUNLAP. v. PHILADELPHIA NEWSPAPERS, INC., Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed July 2, 1982.

Petition for Allowance of Appeal Denied September 30, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Samuel E. Klein, Philadelphia, for appellant.

Milton A. Lazaroff, Philadelphia, for appellee.

Before SPAETH, BECK and LIPEZ, JJ.

SPAETH, Judge:

This action for defamation was brought by appellee, a sergeant in the Philadelphia Police Department, against appellant, publisher of The Philadelphia Inquirer. It is based on an article in the Inquirer concerning police corruption. The jury awarded appellee both compensatory and punitive damages. Appellant's motion for judgment n.o.v. or new trial was denied. We have concluded that judgment n.o.v. should have been entered because appellee...

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