Kurowski v. Burroughs

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• affirming the trial court’s grant of summary judgment where allegedly defamatory remarks were deemed non-actionable statements of opinion
• noting trial court’s responsibility to determine, in first instance, whether statement capable of being defamatory
• “If the court determines that the communication is capable of a defamatory meaning, it then becomes the jury’s function to decide whether it was so understood by those who read it.”
• “If the court determines that the communication is capable of a defamatory meaning, it then becomes the jury’s function to decide whether it was so understood by those who read it.”
• when the facts underlying the opinion are both true and fully disclosed, the opinion is not defamatory as a matter of law, regardless of whether the opinion is “annoying and - 15 - J-A22034-19 embarrassing” to the plaintiff
• when the facts underlying the opinion are both true and fully disclosed, the opinion is not defamatory as a matter of law, regardless of whether the opinion is “annoying and - 15 - J-A22034-19 embarrassing” to the plaintiff

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