Cosgrove Studio & Camera Shop, Inc. v. Pane

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• “[A]ny language which unequivocally, maliciously and falsely imputes to an individual or corporation want of integrity in the conduct of his or its business is actionable”
• defamation action lay when competitor's advertisement accused plaintiff of using unnecessary haste and unskilled workmanship in development of customers' film, resulting in its ruin, and implied plaintiff was dishonest in its business practice by inflating prices
• defamation action lay when competitor’s advertisement accused plaintiff of using unnecessary haste and unskilled workmanship in development of customers’ film, resulting in its ruin, and implied plaintiff was dishonest in its business practice by inflating prices
• Under Pennsylvania law, “a defamed party need not be specifically named in a defamatory statement in order to recover, if she is pointed to by description or circumstances tending to identify her.”
• defamation affecting business interests is actionable
• adopting Restatement (Second) of Torts, §561

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