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AM. TRANSMISSIONS, INC. v. ATTY. GEN.

Docket No. 175472.

548 N.W.2d 665 (1996)

216 Mich. App. 119

AMERICAN TRANSMISSIONS, INC., Trans-4 Inc., Trans Restoration, Inc., Trans Restoration II, Inc., Automotive Management Services, Inc., AA Transmissions, Inc., Mello Automotive Enterprise, Inc., and Cross Rhodes, Inc., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. ATTORNEY GENERAL, Defendant-Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Michigan.

Decided March 29, 1996, at 9:15 a.m.

Released for Publication June 11, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark Granzotto and Neal Bush, Detroit, for plaintiffs.

Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, Thomas L. Casey, Solicitor General, and Thomas R. Wheeker, Assistant Attorney General, for defendant.

Before FITZGERALD, P.J., and SAWYER and YOUNG, JJ.

FITZGERALD, Presiding Judge.

Plaintiffs appeal as of right the order granting summary disposition to defendant on the ground that defendant was entitled to absolute immunity for the allegedly defamatory statements made about plaintiffs, automobile transmission repair facilities, during a television interview. We remand.

There is no dispute that the Attorney General is authorized to claim absolute immunity under...

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