PURCELL v. EWING

Civil Action No. 1:07-CV-1857.

560 F.Supp.2d 337 (2008)

Milton PURCELL, Plaintiff v. Oliver EWING, Defendant.

United States District Court, M.D. Pennsylvania.

May 22, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Spero T. Lappas, Serratelli, Schiffman, Brown & Calhoon, P.C., Harrisburg, PA, for Plaintiff.

Peter J. Speaker, Thomas, Thomas & Hafer, Harrisburg, PA, for Defendant.


MEMORANDUM

CHRISTOPHER C. CONNER, District Judge.

This is a diversity action in which plaintiff Milton Purcell ("Purcell") advances a defamation claim against defendant Oliver Ewing ("Ewing") arising from comments Ewing posted on a publicly accessible on-line message board. Ewing has moved to dismiss the complaint on the ground that the statements upon which Purcell rests his case fail to constitute defamation as a matter of law. For the reasons the...

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