Cogley v. Duncan

OPINION BY

FITZGERALD, J.:

Appellant, James A. Cogley, appeals from the order entered in the Court of Common Pleas of Butler County granting Appellees Megan Duncan, Kim Pas-korz, and The Butler Eagle’s motion to dismiss upon the pleadings on his claims for libel, slander, and invasion of privacy.1 We hold that a trial court prothonotary cannot refuse to accept a complaint for filing by relying on an unpublished local “rule.” When a trial court prothonotary rejects a complaint improperly, but subsequently accepts a party’s complaint for filing, we hold that a party’s “admission” to filing a…