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MENKOWITZ v. PEERLESS PUBLICATIONS, INC.

No. 40 MAP 2018.

211 A.3d 797 (2019)

Elliot MENKOWITZ, M.D., Appellant v. PEERLESS PUBLICATIONS, INC. and Eric Engquist, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided: July 17, 2019.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael E. Baughman, Esq. , Eli Mordecai Segal, Esq. , Pepper Hamilton LLP, for Amicus Curiae Pennsylvania NewsMedia Association.

Jennifer Myers Chalal, Esq. , Alan B. Epstein, Esq. , Spector Gadon & Rosen, P.C., for Appellant Elliot Menkowitz.

Michael Louis Berry, Esq. , Paul Joseph Safier, Esq. , Ballard Spahr LLP, for Appellee Peerless Publications, Inc. & Eric Engquist.

SAYLOR, C.J., BAER, TODD, DONOHUE, DOUGHERTY, WECHT, MUNDY, JJ.

OPINION

A jury awarded Appellant, Elliot Menkowitz, M.D. ("Dr. Menkowitz"), $1,000,000 in compensatory damages in his defamation suit against Appellees, Peerless Publications, Inc. ("Peerless") and Eric Engquist ("Engquist"). The Superior Court found that the trial court erred in failing to enter...

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