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PENN JERSEY ADVANCE, INC. v. GRIM

Nos. 62 MAP 2007, 63 MAP 2007.

962 A.2d 632 (2009)

PENN JERSEY ADVANCE, INC. d/b/a Easton Publishing Company, Appellant v. Scott GRIM, Lehigh County Coroner, Appellee The Morning Call, Inc. and Joseph McDonald, Appellants v. Scott Grim, in his capacity as Lehigh County Coroner, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided January 22, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Douglas J. Smillie, Esq., Fitzpatrick Lentz & Bubba, P.C., Center Valley, for Penn Jersey Advance, Inc.

Stuart T. Shmookler, Esq., Shmookler & Schwartz, Allentown, for Scott Grim.

Michael Alan Henry, Esq., Malcolm J. Gross, Esq., Gross, McGinley, LaBarre & Eaton, L.L.P., Allentown, for The Morning Call, Inc. and Joseph McDonald.

Teri L. Henning, Esq., Melissa Bevan Melewsky, Esq., Pennsylvania Newspaper Association, Harrisburg, for Pennsylvania Newspaper Association.

Stuart T. Shmookler, Esq., County of Lehigh Department of Law, Allentown, for Scott Grim.

BEFORE: CASTILLE, C.J., and SAYLOR, EAKIN, BAER, TODD and McCAFFERY, JJ.

OPINION

Justice McCAFFERY.

The issue presented by this appeal is whether a coroner's autopsy report is an "official" record or paper within the meaning of Section 1251 of the act commonly referred to as the "Coroner's Act."1 The Commonwealth Court held that it is not. We granted allowance of appeal in order to clarify the matter in light of apparent inconsistencies among this Court, the Commonwealth Court, and the Superior...

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