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· 1/2/1974

Nizinski v. Currington

Citations

  • 517 P.2d 754
  • 1974 Alas. LEXIS 300

How courts have described this case

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  • affirming that superior court properly considered matters of public record — affidavits from related lawsuit — on motion to dismiss
  • affirming that superior court properly considered matters of public record — affidavits from related lawsuit — on motion to dismiss
  • holding testimony by witnesses, including affidavits, is absolutely privileged if “pertinent to the proceedings in which it [is] tendered” or has “some reasonable reference or connection to the subject of inquiry”
  • affirmative defense of absolute privilege for defamatory testimony by a witness in a judicial proceeding
  • absolute privilege for defamatory testimony by a witness in a judicial proceeding

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Judges: Rabinowitz, Connor, Erwin, Boochever, Fitzgerald

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