Legal Opinion
Petula v. Mellody
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
Decided March 11, 1991No. 1142 C.D. 1990PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BARBIERI, Senior Judge.
Girard Petula (appellant) initiated this defamation action against James Mellody, Superintendent of Delaware Valley School District; Delaware Valley School District; Roger Lewis, Superintendent of Montrose Area School District; and, Montrose Area School District (appellees). By order dated October 12, 1989, the Wyoming County Court of Common Pleas (trial court) sustained appellees’ preliminary objection in the nature of a demurrer to counts I and II of appellant’s second amended complaint.
Appellant now seeks our review, contending that the trial court erred in…
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- Burnside v. Abbott LaboratoriesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1985
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