Massie v. LaPorte

SHUGHART, S.J.,

— This is a defamation case that arose out of the dismissal of Roxie Massie from her job as a waitress at a Carlisle restaurant in December 1981. After- her dismissal Massie filed for unemployment compensation benefits at the Pennsylvania Office of Employment Security. That office found Massie eligible for benefits on February 3, 1982. Later that same month, Massie’s former employers, defendants Nancy and Vincent LaPorte, filed an appeal to the decision granting unemployment benefits. The petition of appeal filed by defendants contained an accusation that Massie had stolen…