Gallo v. Barile

How courts have described this case

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

• noting that a “qualified privilege is sufficiently protective of [those] wishing to report events concerning crime” and “[t]here is no benefit to society or the administration of justice in protecting those who make intentionally false and malicious defamatory statements to the police.”
• declining to consider alternate ground for affirmance because claim not raised at trial
• declining to consider alternate ground for affirmance because claim not raised at trial
• declining to consider alternate ground for affirmance because claim not raised at trial
• applying this protection to claims of intentional infliction of emotional distress
• “Ultimately, ... the issue [in evaluating whether certain statements deserve absolute immunity] is whether the public interest is advanced.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).