Torts - Libel and Slander - Calling a Person a Communist as Slader Per Se

Authors

Ross Kipka S.Ed., University of Michigan Law SchoolFollow

Abstract

In an action for slander, plaintiff alleged that on three separate occasions defendant had orally called or referred to plaintiff as a communist. The court rendered judgment against the defendant, holding that calling a person a communist is slander per se. On appeal, held, affirmed. Since membership in the Communist Party is a felony under Pennsylvania statute, falsely referring to a person as being a communist is slander per se. Solosko v. Paxton, (Pa. 1956) 119 A. (2d) 230.

Recommended Citation

Ross Kipka S.Ed., Torts - Libel and Slander - Calling a Person a Communist as Slader Per Se, 55 Mich. L. Rev. 146 (1956).
Available at: https://repository.law.umich.edu/mlr/vol55/iss1/16