Laurencelle v. Laurencelle

How courts have described this case

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

• recognizing exceptions to the litigation privilege 23 when the statute is more specific than the litigation privilege and would be significantly or wholly inoperable if its enforcement were barred when in conflict with the privilege
• discussing privilege and noting its application to claims of intentional and negligent infliction of emotional distress, fraud, and slander
• tort liability may not be imposed when a person contacts law enforcement to report suspected criminal activity
• “Whether a prelitigation communication relates to litigation that is contemplated in good faith and under serious consideration is an issue of fact.”
• “We contemplate no 18 communication that is more clearly protected by the litigation privilege than the filing of 19 a legal action.”
• “The privilege ‘is not limited to statements made during a trial or other proceedings, 4 but may extend to steps taken prior thereto, or afterwards.’”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).