A Pittsburgh attorney who was falsely called a child molester in fliers cannot keep his defamation suit in Philadelphia, the state Superior Court has ruled, despite his claims that having the case in his home county would damage his reputation.

A three-judge panel in Passodelis v. Erie Insurance upheld a Philadelphia judge’s order transferring plaintiff Christopher Passodelis Jr.’s defamation case from Philadelphia to Allegheny County.

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