Utah Supreme Court· 12/9/1997

Price v. Armour

Citations

949 P.2d 1251
332 Utah Adv. Rep. 3
1997 Utah LEXIS 104
1997 WL 754591

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holding that “[a] privilege protects those who make otherwise defamatory statements from legal liability”
explaining that the near-identical language of a predecessor rule under the Utah Code of Judicial Administration \clearly required that the [district] court grant [a party's] request for a hearing unless either of the two exceptions applied\
finding trial court erred in not complying with rule 4-501 but affirming because error was harmless
applying harmless error analysis to a trial court’s failure to hold a hearing under rule 4-501(3) of the Utah Rules of Judicial Administration
intentional interference with business relationships, and noting in dicta that the privilege should apply to all causes of action
“[JJudges, jurors, witnesses, litigants, and counsel in judicial proceedings have an absolute privilege against defamation.” (quotations and citations omitted)

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Judges: Russon, Zimmerman, Howe, Durham, Russon'S, Stewart

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