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WEAVER v. LANCASTER NEWSPAPERS, INC.

926 A.2d 899 (2007)

Robin WEAVER, Appellant, v. LANCASTER NEWSPAPERS, INC., Intelligencer Journal and Oscar Lee Brownstein, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided June 28, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey Philip Paul, Esq., Law Offices of Jeffrey Philip Paul, for Robin Weaver.

Harry Daniel McMunigal, Esq., Bingaman Hess, Wyomissing, for Oscar Lee Brownstein.

Before: CAPPY, C.J., and CASTILLE, SAYLOR, EAKIN, BAER, and BALDWIN, JJ.

OPINION

Chief Justice CAPPY.

This appeal raises the question of whether the republication of a statement, after the defendant receives a complaint alleging that the statement is defamatory, is relevant to the presence of actual malice in the initial publication. For the reasons set forth below, we find that the republication is relevant. Accordingly, we reverse the decision of the Superior Court and remand to the trial court to consider the impact...

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