SCHANNE v. ADDIS

No. 106 MAP 2014

121 A.3d 942 (2015)

Robert SCHANNE, Appellant v. Jenna ADDIS, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided August 17, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Amal Munas Bass, Esq. , Terry L. Fromson, Esq. , Carol E. Tracy, Esq. , Women's Law Project, Christiana Lynn Signs, Esq. , Greenberg Traurig, LLP, James Norman Boudreau, Esq. , Philadelphia, for Women's Law Project, Amicus Curiae.

Marcia Mary Waldron, Esq. , for United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Hon. Jane R. Roth (Sr.), pro se.

Wayne Arlen Ely, Esq. , Timothy M. Kolman, Esq. , Lancaster, William Charles Sipio, Esq. , Kolman Ely, P.C., for Robert Schanne.

Stephen J. Britt, Esq. , Donnelly & Associates, P.C., for Jenna Addis.

SAYLOR, C.J., EAKIN, BAER, TODD, STEVENS, JJ.


OPINION

We granted the Third Circuit's petition for certification in this defamation case. The question is whether the judicial privilege extends to an allegation made concerning a school teacher by a former student, where the allegation was made before quasi-judicial proceedings were commenced and without any intent...

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