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HATCHARD v. WESTINGHOUSE BROAD

516 Pa. 184 (1987)

532 A.2d 346

George HATCHARD and Mt. Pocono AMC/Jeep, Inc., Appellants, v. WESTINGHOUSE BROADCASTING COMPANY and KYW-TV 3, Appellees, Zigmond LEFKOSKI, Jr., Appellant, v. NEP COMMUNICATIONS, INC., t/d/b/a WNEP-TV News, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided October 15, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James E. Beasley, Keith S. Erbstein, William P. Murphy, Philadelphia, for Hatchard et al.

Charles J. Bufalino, Jr. and Charles J. Bufalino, III, West Pittston, for Lefkoski.

Jerome J. Shestack, Carl A. Solano, Gayle Chatilo Sproul, Samuel E. Klein, Philadelphia, for Westinghouse et al.

Lawrence M. Ludwig, Bruce L. Morgan, Scranton, for NEP Communications.

Kim R. Tulsky, Philadelphia, amicus curiae, for Caulkins Newspapers, Inc. and Mgty. Publishing Co.

Jane E. Kirtley, Washington, D.C., for The Reporter's Commission for the Freedom of the Press, et al.

Irwin Karp, for The Authors League of America, Inc.

Before NIX, C.J., and FLAHERTY, HUTCHINSON, ZAPPALA and PAPADAKOS, JJ.

OPINION

NIX, Chief Justice.

These consolidated appeals present the question of whether the Pennsylvania Shield Law, 42 Pa.C.S. § 5942(a), protects from discovery by a plaintiff in a libel action all unpublished documentary information gathered by a television station.

Both appeals arise out of libel actions against local television stations and their parent broadcasting companies for news broadcasts...

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