RUTT v. BETHLEHEMS' GLOBE PUB. CO.


335 Pa.Super. 163 (1984)

484 A.2d 72

Ronald R. RUTT, Sr., (Appellant at No. 671) v. BETHLEHEMS' GLOBE PUBLISHING CO., John Strohmeyer and James B. Gaffney (Appellants at No. 1256).

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed April 6, 1984.

Petition for Allowance of Appeal Granted August 9, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert C. Brown, Jr., Easton, George K. Keenan, Bethlehem, for appellant (at No. 671) and for appellee (at No. 1256).

J. Stephen Kreglow, Easton, for appellants (at No. 1256) and for appellees (at No. 671).

Before CAVANAUGH, McEWEN and BECK, JJ.


McEWEN, Judge:

Presently before this Court are the consolidated appeals from the disposition of cross-motions for summary judgment filed by the parties to a libel action. The trial court granted the motion for partial summary judgment filed by Ronald R. Rutt, Sr., hereinafter appellant, after concluding as a matter of law that (1) the article at issue was capable of defamatory meaning, and (2) that appellant was a private figure plaintiff for purposes of the libel...

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