KROUSE v. BOWER

No. 990660.

20 P.3d 895 (2001)

2001 UT 28

Louis J. KROUSE, Russel L. Olsen, and Clare Jackson, Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. Christopher J. BOWER; Mary Lynne Perry; D. Randall Trueblood; D. Randall Trueblood, P.C., a Utah professional corporation; Eric P. Lee; Eric P. Lee, P.C., a Utah professional corporation; and Dart, Adamson, Donovan & Hanson, Defendants and Appellees.

Supreme Court of Utah.

March 23, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mary Anne Q. Wood, David J. Crapo, and Eric T. Johnson, Salt Lake City, for plaintiffs.

David B. Watkiss, Gordon L. Roberts, and James T. Blanch, Salt Lake City, for defendants.


WILKINS, Justice:

¶ 1 We are asked to decide whether a demand letter written by counsel for defendants that threatened legal action and allegedly defamed plaintiffs is subject to the judicial proceeding privilege. We are also presented with whether the letter threatening suit lost its alleged privilege because it was excessively published, having been sent to counsel for the owners' association, with copies also being distributed to each member of the owners...

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