Legal Opinion
Zdaniewicz v. Sands
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Decided July 10, 1981No. 1681PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WIEAND, Judge:
Are township supervisors subject to suit by a township policeman for allegedly defamatory statements made during a meeting of the board of supervisors at which the policeman’s job performance was reviewed and criticized? The trial court held that the supervisors enjoyed immunity from an action in trespass for defamation and sustained preliminary objections in the nature of a demurrer. We agree and affirm.
According to the averments of plaintiff’s complaint, at a public meeting of the Board of Supervisors of Tunkhannock Township on June 1, 1979, one of the supervisors, James…
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