Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, 2013

Krajewski v. Gusoff

Krajewski v. Gusoff
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Decided August 29, 2013 · Consideration, Matter, McCaffery
74 A.3d 119 (Atlantic Reporter, Third Series)

Krajewski v. Gusoff

Opinion of the Court

*120 ORDER

PER CURIAM.

AND NOW, this 29th day of August, 2013, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED. The issues, as stated by Petitioner, are:

a. May a Philadelphia City Councilwoman recover for defamation based on an editorial, political cartoon, and letter to the editor that criticized her for accepting and keeping a $300,000 “DROP” retirement payment from the City (without actually retiring) at a time when the City was so financially distressed that a treasured library in her district was forced to close?
b. Does Pennsylvania recognize a cause of action for false light invasion of privacy by an elected official for publications discussing her public, not private, actions?
c. If Pennsylvania recognizes a false light invasion of privacy claim in such circumstances, may the claim proceed where the court has found that the First Amendment bars a defamation action based on the same publications?
Justice McCAFFERY did not participate in the consideration of this matter.

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