Wagner v. Bell

Diefenderfer, J.,

A bill of complaint was filed by plaintiff, Ralph A. Wagner, in trespass for libel. Preliminary objections were filed, after which an amended bill of complaint was again filed to which again defendants filed preliminary objections. Plaintiff alleges damage through defendants’ malicious writing and publication of the words “mentally sick” on a printed form furnished by the Pennsylvania Bureau of Employment and Unemployment Compensation. Plaintiff does not claim special damages and, therefore, he regards the phrase “mentally sick” as libelous per se.

*412Defendants’ preliminary…