ADAMS v. PECK

[No. 79, September Term, 1979.]

288 Md. 1 (1980)

415 A.2d 292

PETER R. ADAMS v. ALAN H. PECK

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Decided June 11, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter Parker, with whom was Ronald L. Pollard on the brief, for appellant.

Charles E. Iliff, Jr., with whom were John H. Mudd and Semmes, Bowen & Semmes on the brief, for appellee.

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


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

This case presents the novel question whether an absolute privilege applies to a defamatory statement published in a document which is prepared for possible use in connection with a pending judicial proceeding but which has not been filed in that proceeding.

In July, 1976, in the Circuit Court for Baltimore County, the appellant, Peter R. Adams (father), and Caryl W. Adams (mother), were engaged in a contested...

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