Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Lackawanna County April 5, 2012, No. 11 CV 4375 (Lilac Meadows, Inc. v. Rivello)

NEALON, J.,

A land development corporation has sued two Old Forge residents for slander based upon oral statements that they allegedly made regarding its land development project during a public meeting of Old Forge Borough Council. One resident has demurred to the slander claim on the ground that his remarks are not capable of a defamatory meaning.