· 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.\
Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).
Judges: Agliano
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