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MANNING v. WPXI, INC.

886 A.2d 1137 (2005)

Jeffrey A. MANNING Appellant v. WPXI, INC., A Corporation and Subsidiary of Cox Enterprises, Inc., A Corporation; Cox Enterprises Inc., A Corporation; David Johnson, an Individual, Scott Newman, an Individual, Ursula Riggins, an Individual, and Bridget Eiselt, an Individual.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed October 11, 2005.

Reargument Denied December 20, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John E. Quinn, Pittsburgh, for appellant.

Walter P. DeFrost, III, Pittsburgh, for Johnson, appellee.

Before: BENDER, PANELLA, and JOHNSON, JJ.

JOHNSON, J.

¶ 1 In this case, we consider whether the Appellant, Judge Jeffrey A. Manning of the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas, satisfied the actual malice standard in his defamation suit against WPXI and others arising from WPXI's broadcast of news reports regarding an incident which occurred at Pittsburgh International Airport. The trial court in this action found that Manning, as a public figure, must prove actual malice on the part of WPXI, reporter...

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