Legal Opinion
Abernethy v. Williams
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
Decided December 20, 1990No. 2027 C.D. 1989PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SMITH, Judge.
Before this Court is the appeal of Robert P. Abernethy (Abernethy) from the August 1, 1989 order of the Court of Common Pleas of Centre County which granted a motion for partial summary judgment filed by Elwood G. Williams, Jr. (Williams), individually and as Chief of the State College Borough Police Department (Police Department), and the Borough of State College, Pennsylvania (Borough) (collectively, Appellees).
On September 22, 1987, Williams made statements to a television news reporter which were alleged by Abernethy and his wife Margaret Ann Abernethy to have been defamatory…
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