JACOB B. v. COUNTY OF SHASTA

No. S142496.

56 Cal.Rptr.3d 477 (2007)

40 Cal.4th 948

154 P.3d 1003

JACOB B., Plaintiff and Respondent, v. COUNTY OF SHASTA et al., Defendants and Appellants.

Supreme Court of California.

April 5, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brickwood Law Office, Gary Brickwood and Monique Grandaw, Redding, for Defendants and Appellants.

Halkides, Morgan & Kelley, Arthur L. Morgan, Paul C. Meidus and John P. Kelley, Redding, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


CHIN, J.

The litigation privilege of Civil Code section 47, subdivision (b) (section 47(b)), generally protects from tort liability any publication made in connection with a judicial proceeding. We must decide whether the privilege protects a letter that a supervisor of a county victim witness program wrote in connection with a family law proceeding that involved visitation rights. The letter provided information regarding...

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