Opinion

Flaxman v. Burnett

  • 393 Pa. Super. 520
  • 574 A.2d 1061
  • 1990 Pa. Super. LEXIS 913
Court
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Filed
May 2, 1990
Status
Published
Author
Wieand
On the bench
Brosky, Wieand, Johnson
Cited by
23 cases

following Restatement (Second) of Torts § 577(1) definition of “publication” in defamation action and explaining that “publication occurs whenever a defamatory statement is communicated to another person”

How later courts described this case

  • following Restatement (Second) of Torts § 577(1) definition of “publication” in defamation action and explaining that “publication occurs whenever a defamatory statement is communicated to another person”
  • declining to transfer cause of action involving transit authority to Commonwealth Court where parties did not raise objection to Superior Court’s assumption of jurisdiction as required by Pa.R.A.P. 741(a)
  • declining to transfer cause of action to Commonwealth Court where parties did not raise objection to Superior Court’s assumption of jurisdiction, as required by Pa.R.A.P. 741(a)
  • concluding that the Authority is a local agency

Written by the judges who cited it.

The opinion

WIEAND, Judge,

concurring.

I would hold that the trial court properly transferred venue to Monroe County for the convenience of the parties and witnesses. Therefore, I concur in the decision to affirm the order of the trial court.

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