Keeler v. Everett Area School District

Opinion by Senior

Judge Barbieri:

This is an appeal by Edward B. Keeler (Appellant) from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Bedford County granting a motion for summary judgment dismissing Appellants defamation action on the grounds that the complaint did not fell within any of the enumerated exceptions to what is commonly called the Political Subdivision Tort Claims Act, now 42 Pa. C. S. §§8541-8564. We affirm.

On June 6, 1984, the principal of Everett High School, Appellee Joseph Summerville, sent Appellants parents a letter notifying them that their son had been suspended for three days…