Binkewitz v. Allstate Ins. Co.

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• holding that the same privilege which defeats a defamation claim also defeats a claim for tortious interference
• finding qualified privilege applies to tortious interference claim based on the defamatory statements
• when analyzing if allegedly libelous statements \relate to\ a judicial proceeding, \[a]ll doubts are resolved in favor of the necessary relation\
• “It is thus settled that words which are absolutely privileged against an action for defamation are also absolutely privileged against an action for tortious interference with contract or economic advantage.”
• “Words uttered by judges, witnesses, attorneys, parties or jurors in the course of judicial or quasi-judicial proceedings, which have some relation thereto, are absolutely privileged, even if made with bad motive or knowledge of their falsity”

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