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SEMBER v. NATIONAL FEDER. OF THE BLIND

455 Pa.Super. 290 (1996)

688 A.2d 175

Thomas P. SEMBER and Mary Ann Sember, his wife, Appellants, v. NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND, a corporation; Genesis Computer Services; The Young Opportunities, Inc., a corporation; Ed Smith, an individual; Theodore Young, an individual; and National Federation of the Blind of Pennsylvania, Inc., a corporation.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed December 12, 1996.

Reargument Denied February 24, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles W. Kenrick, Pittsburgh, for appellants.

Matthew R. Wimer, Pittsburgh, for Young, appellee.

Daniel Goldstein, Baltimore, MD, for Nat'l Fed., appellee.

Before KELLY, JOHNSON and OLSZEWSKI, JJ.

PER CURIAM:

Order Affirmed.

OLSZEWSKI, J., filed a dissenting opinion.

OLSZEWSKI, Judge, dissenting:

The majority holds that the publication at issue is incapable of having a defamatory meaning as a matter of law and that appellants are not sufficiently identified in the article as being the recipients of the accusatory statements. Because I disagree with both of these legal conclusions, I respectfully dissent.

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