“The ‘litigation privilege’ . . . ‘accords attorneys, parties, jurors and witnesses immunity for comments or writings made during the course of or preliminary to judicial or quasi-judicial proceedings.’ . . . It applies ‘regardless of whether [the communications] are true or false.’”
How later courts described this case
- “The ‘litigation privilege’ . . . ‘accords attorneys, parties, jurors and witnesses immunity for comments or writings made during the course of or preliminary to judicial or quasi-judicial proceedings.’ . . . It applies ‘regardless of whether [the communications] are true or false.’”
Written by the judges who cited it.
The opinion
HANSEN, J.,
concurs in part, dissents in part.
112 I coneur with the opinion and its reasoning and result. However, I would grant sanctions under 20 0.8. § 15.1.