COGLEY v. DUNCAN

No. 1608 WDA 2010.

32 A.3d 1288 (2011)

2011 PA Super 258

James A. COGLEY, Appellant v. Megan DUNCAN, Kim Paskorz, and the Butler Eagle, Appellees.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed November 30, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J.W. Hernandez-Cuebas , Cranberry Township, for appellant.

Kim M. Watterson , Pittsburgh, for Butler Eagle, appellee.

BEFORE: MUSMANNO, BOWES, and FITZGERALD, JJ.


OPINION BY FITZGERALD, J.:

Appellant, James A. Cogley, appeals from the order entered in the Court of Common Pleas of Butler County granting Appellees Megan Duncan, Kim Paskorz, and The Butler Eagle's motion to dismiss upon the pleadings on his claims for libel, slander, and invasion of privacy.1 We hold that a trial court prothonotary cannot refuse to accept a complaint for filing by relying on an unpublished local "rule." When a trial...

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