CURRAN v. PHILADELPHIA NEWSPAPERS


376 Pa.Super. 508 (1988)

546 A.2d 639

Robert E.J. CURRAN, v. PHILADELPHIA NEWSPAPERS, INC. doing business as the Philadelphia Inquirer, A Pennsylvania Corporation, Appellant, Robert E.J. CURRAN, Appellant, v. PHILADELPHIA NEWSPAPERS, INC. doing business as the Philadelphia Inquirer, A Pennsylvania Corporation.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed July 1, 1988.

Reargument Denied August 29, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Samuel E. Klein, Philadelphia, for appellant (at 2426) and appellee (at 2532).

Garland D. Cherry, Sr., Media, for appellee (at 2426) and appellant (at 2532).

Before BROSKY, BECK and CERCONE, JJ.


CERCONE, Judge:

The action underlying this appeal is for defamation and is the result of an article published in The Philadelphia Inquirer (hereinafter "Inquirer") on September 24, 1976. The Complaint was filed on October 4, 1976 by Robert E.J. Curran (hereinafter "Curran"), a former United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, against Philadelphia Newspapers, Inc. (hereinafter "PNI"), publisher of the Inquirer.

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