Evans v. Philadelphia Newspapers, Inc.

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• stating that plaintiff may base claim of intentional interference on a variety of torts including defamation
• Claim was, in essence, one of defamation, and plaintiff could not circumvent one-year statute of limitations merely by terming claim contractual interference
• “[T]he one .year statute of limitation for defamation cannot be circumvented by cloaking such a cause of action in other legal raiment.''
• “[T]he tort of contractual interference is recognized in Pennsylvania and ... the action may be a separate and distinct action from that of libel or slander.”
• “[T]he one year statute of limitation for defamation cannot be circumvented by cloaking such a cause of action in other legal raiment.”
• tortious interference with business and contract, when based on alleged acts of defamation

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