Demopolis v. Peoples National Bank

How courts have described this case

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• affirming dismissal of CPA claim predicated on allegedly defamatory remarks made by adverse party's attorney
• affirming dismissal of CPA claim predicated on allegedly defamatory remarks made by adverse party’s attorney
• plaintiff filed CPA claim against bank's attorney, challenging competency and strategy, concerning litigation over plaintiff's father's estate
• plaintiff filed CPA claim against bank’s attorney, challenging competency and strategy, concerning litigation over plaintiff’s father’s estate
• “Fite seemingly limits a client’s liability for his or her attorney’s defamatory communications to situations in which the attorney acted within the scope of employment, and with the client’s knowledge and consent”
• communicant and recipient were opponents in litigation communicating outside courtroom

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).