KORB v. KOWALEVIOCZ

[No. 127, September Term, 1978.]

285 Md. 699 (1979)

402 A.2d 897

GEORGE P. KORB v. JOSEPH M. KOWALEVIOCZ

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Decided August 21, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank Cannizzaro, Jr., for appellant.

John J. Hirsch for appellee.

The cause was argued before MURPHY, C.J., and SMITH, DIGGES, ELDRIDGE, ORTH, COLE and DAVIDSON, JJ.


COLE, J., delivered the opinion of the Court.

The sole issue presented by this appeal is whether a party-witness' statement, made under oath in open court in response to a question posed to him on cross-examination, that the opposing party was a "crook" is absolutely privileged and thus not actionable for defamation.

The factual posture of this case is relatively simple. On March 28, 1977 George P. Korb Co., Inc. (Korb, Inc.), a home improvement company, of...

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