Bogash v. Elkins

Opinion by

Mr. Chief Justice Bell,

Plaintiff filed a complaint in trespass for libel. From the Order sustaining defendant’s preliminary objections and dismissing the complaint, plaintiff took this appeal.

Plaintiff is the editor of the “P.A.R.D. Bulletin”, the official publication of the Philadelphia Association of Retail Druggists. Defendant Elkins wrote an article, with the knowledge and approval of defendant Ominsky, which was published in the February, 1960 edition of “Pharmacy Speaks”. Plaintiff charged that the following paragraphs in the article libeled him. “Mr. Hyman C. Bogash,…