Moore v. West Lawn Memorial Park, Inc.

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• filing of amended complaint omitting a previously dismissed claim does not waive right to assign error to that ruling on appeal
• communications made to State Board of Funeral Directors and Embalmers, when that Board is sitting in its quasi-judicial function as a licensing body, are absolutely privileged
• privilege extended to letter written to State Board of Funeral Directors and Embalmers regarding plaintiffs qualifications for funeral director’s license
• “When defamatory mat- ter is absolutely privileged no cause of action exists * * *.”
• letter written to State Board of Funeral Directors and Embalmers, when that board was sitting in its quasi-judicial function as licensing body, was subject to absolute privilege
• original is not superseded by amended complaint for purposes of showing when action was commenced or whether new cause of action was introduced

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