TREVOR G. BRYAN, Judge Pro Tem.
Plaintiff, John E. Spellman, appeals the trial court's granting of defendants' peremptory exception of no cause of action. Plaintiff sued the defendants alleging that they committed defamation when they testified against him at his criminal trial for forgery. The trial court held that as non-litigant witnesses in a judicial proceeding defendants enjoy absolute immunity.
On December 4, 1986, plaintiff, John Spellman, was tried...
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