SUSSMAN v. DAMIAN

No. 76-936.

355 So.2d 809 (1977)

Robert SUSSMAN, Appellant, v. Vincent DAMIAN, Jr., Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

December 27, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert M. Sussman and Thomas P. Bell, Hialeah, for appellant.

Williams, Salomon, Kanner & Damian and Gary S. Brooks, Miami, for appellee.

Before HAVERFIELD, NATHAN and HUBBART, JJ.


HUBBART, Judge.

This is an action and counterclaim for slander in which the trial court dismissed both claims upon the entry of two adverse summary judgments. Both parties appeal.

The issue presented for review is whether an attorney has an absolute privilege in an action for defamation to utter defamatory statements during the taking of a deposition or during a conversation with opposing counsel in connection with a pending lawsuit in which the attorney represents...

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