ARKO PLUMBING CORP. v. RUDD

No. 3D16-1689.

230 So.3d 520 (2017)

ARKO PLUMBING CORP., a Florida Corporation, Appellant, v. Michael P. RUDD, Esq. and Rudd & Diamond, P.A., Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Opinion filed October 18, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Weil Quaranta, P.A., Ronald P. Weil , John M. Quaranta , and Marguerite Snyder , for appellant.

Rumberger, Kirk, & Caldwell, P.A., M. Stephen Smith , and Michael R. Holt , for appellees.

Before ROTHENBERG, C.J., and SCALES and LUCK, JJ.


Under Florida's absolute litigation privilege, a defendant can slander the plaintiff and lie to her and the court, and still be absolutely immune from a later lawsuit for defamation, tortious interference with a business relationship, and even violations of federal consumer protection statutes, as long as the slander and lies were made...

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