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HAGBERG v. CALIFORNIA FEDERAL BANK FSB

No. S105909.

7 Cal.Rptr.3d 803 (2004)

81 P.3d 244

32 Cal.4th 350

Lydia Ortiz HAGBERG, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. CALIFORNIA FEDERAL BANK FSB, Defendant and Respondent.

Supreme Court of California.

January 5, 2004.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Vakili & Leus, Sa'id Vakili; and Peter A. Zablotsky for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Gary Williams for ACLU Foundation of Southern California as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Appellant.

Delia Y. Guevara; Haight, Brown & Bonesteel, Jules S. Zemen, Los Angeles; Yocca Patch & Yocca, Mark W. Yocca and Paul Kim, Los Angeles, and for Defendant and Respondent.

Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, Manuel M. Medeiros, State Solicitor General, Andrea Lynn Hoch, Chief Assistant Attorney General, James M. Schiavenza, Assistant Attorney General, and Paul T. Hammerness, Deputy Attorney General, as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Respondent.

Leland Chan, San Francisco, and C. Dawn Casey for California Bankers Association and American Bankers Association as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Respondent.

GEORGE, C.J.

We granted review in this case to consider whether tort liability may be imposed for statements made when a citizen contacts law enforcement personnel to report suspected criminal activity on the part of another person. As we shall explain, we agree with the trial court, the Court of Appeal, and the great weight of authority in this state in concluding that such statements are privileged pursuant to Civil...

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