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GEM TRADING CO. v. CUDAHY CORP.

No. 46121.

92 Wn.2d 956 (1979)

603 P.2d 828

GEM TRADING COMPANY, INC., Plaintiff, v. CUDAHY CORPORATION, Respondent, ROBIN VAN WOERDEN, ET AL, Petitioners.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

December 6, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Perry J. Robinson, for petitioners.

Halverson, Applegate & McDonald and David H. Putney, for respondent.

HOROWITZ, J.

This appeal raises questions of abuse of a qualified or conditional privilege to a defamation claim and the elements of the tort of malicious prosecution.

Appellant Robin Van Woerden, a cattle feed lot manager, brought a civil action for defamation and malicious prosecution of a civil case against respondent Cudahy Corporation, his former employer. The Court of Appeals, Division Three, affirmed the dismissal...

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