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NGUYEN v. PROTON TECHNOLOGY CORP.

No. A082058.

81 Cal.Rptr.2d 392 (1999)

69 Cal.App.4th 140

Daniel V. NGUYEN, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. PROTON TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION, et al., Defendants and Respondents.

Court of Appeals of California, First District, Division Two.

January 12, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kelechi Charles Emeziem, Amamgbo, Emeziem, Ezeife & Ogbu, Oakland, for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Gregory L. Spallas, Phillips & Spallas LLP, San Luis Obispo, Diane Jo Mason, San Francisco, for Defendant and Respondent Proton Technology Corporation.

Fenn C. Horton III, Pahl & Gosselin, San Jose, for Defendants and Respondents Pahl and Gosselin and Fenn C. Horton III.

HAERLE, J.

I. INTRODUCTION

This appeal presents the interesting issue of the extent to which the absolute litigation privilege provided by Civil Code section 47, subdivision (b),1 protects statements made in pre-civil-litigation demand letters or telephone calls which reflect discredit on individuals and are substantially extraneous to the threatened litigation. In reversing the summary judgment granted by the trial court in...

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