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MATTCO FORGE, INC. v. ARTHUR YOUNG & CO.

Docket No. B058047.

5 Cal.App.4th 392 (1992)

6 Cal. Rptr.2d 781

MATTCO FORGE, INC., et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. ARTHUR YOUNG & CO. et al., Defendants and Respondents.

Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division Three.

April 9, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

O'Neill & Lysaght, J. Joseph Connolly and John M. Moscarino for Plaintiffs and Appellants.

Ernst & Young, Eugene R. Erbstoesser, Cameron D. Coy, Kathryn A. Oberly and Melanie T. Morris for Defendants and Respondents.

OPINION

HINZ, J. —

INTRODUCTION

The litigation privilege in Civil Code section 47, subdivision (b),1 has at times seemed to protect virtually anyone participating in litigation from subsequent suit. Nevertheless, California precedent does not authorize, and the policies underlying the privilege do not support, its use to protect a negligent expert witness from liability to the party who...

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