Legal Opinion
McKibben v. Schmotzer
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Decided August 11, 1997No. Nos. 00668 and 00748PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POPOVICH, Judge:
This is an appeal from the order of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County which granted a new trial on liability and damages on Russell McKibben’s malicious prosecution and two defamation claims, one for slander and one for libel. Following trial in this matter, the jury found that Agnes Sehmotzer had both defamed and instituted a malicious prosecution of McKibben and awarded $50,000 in compensatory and $30,-000 in punitive damages.
In determining that a new trial was warranted, the lower court ruled that Agnes Sehmotzer, who was mayor of the Borough of Dormont, was a…
2Cases cited28 opinions
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- Commonwealth v. GraySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1986
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- Montgomery v. PhiladelphiaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1958
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