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BLOCK v. SACRAMENTO CLINICAL LABS, INC.

Docket No. 20748.

131 Cal.App.3d 386 (1982)

182 Cal. Rptr. 438

DEBRA L. BLOCK, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. SACRAMENTO CLINICAL LABS, INC., et al., Defendants and Respondents.

Court of Appeals of California, Third District.

April 30, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Van Dyke, Shaw & Schuckman and William A. Schuckman for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Diehl, Steinheimer, Riggio, Haydel & Mordaunt and Peter J. Kelly for Defendants and Respondents.

OPINION

BLEASE, J.

(1a) In this appeal we determine that an action for professional negligence may be defeated because liability is predicated upon the publication of an injurious falsehood, consisting of the communication of a negligently prepared report to the district attorney for purposes of criminal action, which is absolutely privileged under Civil Code section 47, subdivision 2. We affirm the judgment.

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