GAGAN v. YAST

No. 45A05-1107-CT-377.

966 N.E.2d 177 (2012)

James GAGAN, Fred Wittlinger, Jack Allen and Eugene Deutsch, Appellants-Plaintiffs, v. C. Joseph YAST, Appellee-Defendant.

Court of Appeals of Indiana.

April 5, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harold Abrahamson , Jonathan E. Halm , Abrahamson, Reed & Bilse, Hammond, IN, Brian Custy , Merrillville, IN, Attorneys for Appellants.

Karl L. Mulvaney , Nana Quay-Smith , Bingham Greenebaum Doll LLP, Indianapolis, IN, F. Joseph Jaskowiak , Lauren K. Roeger , Kevin G.L. Kerr , Hoeppner, Wagner & Evans, Valparaiso, IN, Natalie Vangel Shrader , Burke, Costanza & Carberry LLP, Merrillville, IN, Attorneys for Appellee.


OPINION

BAKER, Judge.

Today we decide that the appellee-defendant attorney's alleged defamatory statements that he made against his former clients, the appellants-plaintiffs, were protected on the grounds of qualified privilege.

Appellants-plaintiffs James Gagan, Fred Wittlinger, Jack Allen, and Eugene Deutsch (collectively, Gagan) appeal the trial court's grant of summary judgment in favor of appellee-defendant C. Joseph Yast, on their claim against...

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