HELENA CHEMICAL CO. v. URIBE

Nos. 32,985, 32,987.

281 P.3d 237 (2012)

2012-NMSC-021

HELENA CHEMICAL COMPANY, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. PAMELA URIBE and LINDA THOMAS, individually and as representative of THOMAS & WAN, L.L.P., and THOMAS & WAN, L.L.P., Defendants-Petitioners. and HELENA CHEMICAL COMPANY, Plaintiff-Petitioner, v. PAMELA URIBE and LINDA THOMAS, individually and as representative of THOMAS & WAN, L.L.P., and THOMAS & WAN, L.L.P., Defendants-Respondents.

Supreme Court of New Mexico.

June 28, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Freedman, Boyd, Hollander, Goldberg, Ives & Duncan, P.A., Sara K. Berger , Law Office of Jack Brant, P.C., John M. Brant , Rodey, Dickason, Sloan, Akin & Robb, P.A., Charles K. Purcell , Albuquerque, NM, for Petitioners.

The Simons Law Firm, L.L.P., Frank M. Bond , Faith Lesley Kalman Reyes , Santa Fe, NM, Jackson Walker, L.L.P., Robert L. Soza, Jr. , Elena P. Villaseñor , San Antonio, TX, for Respondent.


OPINION

CHÁVEZ, Justice.

{1} This case concerns the scope of the absolute privilege that grants immunity to litigants and their attorneys from being sued for defamation based on public statements they make about a judicial proceeding either before and/or after the judicial proceeding is filed. The specific issues in this case are whether (1) pre-litigation statements made by an attorney to prospective clients, in the presence of the press...

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