· 9/9/1981
Gersh v. Ambrose
Citations
- 434 A.2d 547
- 291 Md. 188
- 1981 Md. LEXIS 263
How courts have described this case
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- 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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