Bitner v. Ottumwa Community School District

How courts have described this case

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• holding that party waived right to conduct additional discovery in support of resistance to motion for summary judgment where party failed to file a properly supported affidavit requesting such relief
• affirming summary judgment for CPA firm because qualified privilege applied to allegedly defamatory statements contained in audit prepared on behalf of a school board
• reviewing court’s refusal to allow additional time for discovery to oppose motion for summary judgment for abuse of discretion
• describing rule as “an ‘out’ for a party who legitimately needs additional time to gather facts essential to justify its opposition when faced by a summary judgment motion”
• defining “actual malice” for purposes of slander against a public official or figure
• reviewing rulings on the procedural requirements for summary judgment for abuse of discretion

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).