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· 2/18/1987

Financial Corp. of America v. Wilburn

Citations

  • 189 Cal. App. 3d 764
  • 234 Cal. Rptr. 653
  • 1987 Cal. App. LEXIS 1407

How courts have described this case

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

  • “If this state of mind exists [i.e., actual good faith contemplation of litigation], a groundless statement is privileged.”
  • absolute privilege extends to preliminary conversations and interviews with prospective witnesses if they are some way related to or connected with a pending or contemplated action
  • \The possible relationship of a listener or reader to anticipated litigation may determine whether the statement had some relation to it.\

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Judges: Agliano

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