Court Opinion

ID: 9651466
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-23 16:19:49.925165+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T13:28:05.846403
License: Public Domain

MANDERINO, Justice
(concurring).
I concur in the opinion and decision of the Court.
I would like to add, however, that the Court should explicitly overrule Menefee v. Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc., 458 Pa. 46, 329 A.2d 216 (1974) (see concurring opinion by Mr. Justice Manderino). In Menefee the plaintiff died. In this case, the defendant died. As the majority indicates, whether the plaintiff or the defendant dies following the act of libel or slander makes no difference, the cause of action continues.