Chard v. Galton

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that a lawyer’s statement in a pre-litigation letter to the plaintiff’s insurer was absolutely privileged where it had some relation to the proposed litiga- tion
• holding that a lawyer’s statement in a pre-litigation letter to the plaintiff’s insurer was absolutely privileged where it had some relation to the proposed litiga- tion
• noting that the absolute privilege should apply liberally
• discussing absolute privilege for communications during judicial proceedings and reasons for it
• privilege applied to statements in letter from attorney to insurance company urging settlement of clients’ claims
• privilege applied to statements in letter from attorney to insurance company regarding settlement of clients’ claims

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).