Raintree Homes Inc. v. Birkbeck

O’BRIEN, S.J.,

Plaintiffs Raintree Homes Inc., and Chapel Creek Mortgage Banker Inc. bring this defamation action following a series of articles published in newspaper defendant Pocono Record, a division of defendant Ottaway Newspapers of Pennsylvania LP., including several written by defendant Matt Birkbeck. This series of articles, titled “A price too *432high,” ran from April 8,2001 and reported on problems facing Pocono homeowners.

Plaintiff’s first complaint, filed May 16, 2001, and docketed at 3651 CV 2001 (Raintree I), was brought on behalf of corporate plaintiffs Raintree and Chapel Creek…