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· 9/9/1981

Gersh v. Ambrose

Citations

  • 434 A.2d 547
  • 291 Md. 188
  • 1981 Md. LEXIS 263

How courts have described this case

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

  • stating that the two factors balance the public’s interest in full disclosure with the “harm of subjecting the individual to possible legal injury without remedy”
  • finding that appearance before a city human relations commission was not analogous to judicial proceedings
  • stating that under both the American and the English versions of the absolute litigation privilege, the privilege is not “defeasible by malice.”
  • stating that under both the American and the English versions of the absolute litigation privilege, the privilege is not “defeasible by malice.”
  • observing that the absolute litigation privilege exists not “merely to protect [a litigation participant] from ultimate liability, but [also] to protect him from the annoyance of suit itself.”

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Judges: Murphy, Smith, Digges, Eldridge, Cole, Davidson, Rodowsky

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