KIRSCHSTEIN v. HAYNES

No. 67655.

788 P.2d 941 (1990)

Naomi L. KIRSCHSTEIN, Appellant, v. William M. HAYNES, Alice Faye Kilgore and Michael E. Moore, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

Rehearing Denied March 27, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elvin J. Brown, Norman, for appellant.

Robert G. Perrine, Norman, for appellee Alice Faye Kilgore.

Calvin W. Hendrickson and Margaret W. Owens, Oklahoma City, for appellee William M. Haynes, M.D.

Michael E. Moore, Norman, for appellee Michael E. Moore.


LAVENDER, Justice:

Four central issues are presented in this case. They are: 1) whether we will recognize an absolute privilege to bar defamation actions for communications by attorneys, parties and witnesses having some relation to and made preliminary to a proposed judicial or quasi-judicial proceeding; 2) if the absolute privilege is recognized does it bar not only a defamation action, but a cause premised on the tort...

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