Culver v. Port Allegany Reporter Argus

WIEAND, Judge:

In this action for an alleged invasion of privacy, the trial court sustained the newspaper defendant’s preliminary objection in the nature of a demurrer and dismissed the complaint. The court held that there could be no cause of action for the accurate publication of information obtained by a reporter while attending a public meeting of the local school board. The claimants appealed. We affirm the order of the trial court.

A demurrer admits as true all well-pleaded factual averments set forth in the complaint, as well as all inferences reasonably deducible therefrom. However,…