Factor v. Goode

SMITH, Judge.

Marvin and Kathleen Factor (Appellants) appeal from the order of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County sustaining the preliminary objections of W. Wilson Goode, Mayor of the City of Philadelphia, and Cheryl Weiss, Revenue Commissioner of the City of Philadelphia (collectively Appellees), to the defamation complaint filed by Appellants and dismissing their action. The issue before this Court is whether the trial court erred in holding that Appellees have an absolute privilege against liability for alleged defamatory statements made by them against Appellants.

On February…