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SLAUGHTER v. FRIEDMAN

Docket No. L.A. 31541.

32 Cal.3d 149 (1982)

649 P.2d 186

185 Cal. Rptr. 244

TERRY W. SLAUGHTER, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. JAY W. FRIEDMAN et al., Defendants and Respondents.

Supreme Court of California.

August 23, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Michelle A. Welsh, Myron E. Etienne, Jr., and Noland, Hamerly, Etienne & Hoss for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Richard G. Flanagan, L.E. Schweiner, Ives, Kirwan & Dibble, Martin J. Kirwan and Herbert Jung for Defendants and Respondents.

OPINION

RICHARDSON, J.

The case involves the defenses to a libel action. The central issue is the application of section 592A of the Restatement Second of Torts, which creates an absolute privilege for "[o]ne who is required by law to publish defamatory matter...." Noting that section 592A contains a privilege different from, and more extensive than, the absolute privileges of section 47 of the Civil Code, we conclude that the adoption...

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