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· 12/27/1977

Sussman v. Damian

Citations

  • 355 So. 2d 809

How courts have described this case

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  • attorney's defamatory attack on opposing counsel's integrity, made in the courthouse elevator after heated motion argument, was unrelated to cause at hand and therefore was not absolutely privileged
  • “This privilege extends to the taking of a deposition or to conversations between opposing counsel in a pending civil action in which the attorney represents one of the parties involved.”

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Judges: Haverfield, Nathan and Hubbart

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