Thomas Boyd v. Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company

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• reversing 12(b)(6) dismissal because plaintiff may overcome qualified privilege presumption by demonstrating that defamatory statement was false, and that defendant acted (a) beyond the scope of the privilege, (b) with common law malice, or (c
• “At this nascent stage of the litigation, plaintiff's allegation that Nationwide failed to check its own records . . . permits a sufficient inference that Nationwide abused its qualified privilege.”
• “[G]ood faith communications of a party having an interest in the subject, or a moral or societal duty to speak, are protected by a qualified privilege if made to a party having a corresponding interest or duty”
• “[G]ood faith communications of a party having an interest in the subject, or a moral or societal duty to speak, are protected by a qualified privilege if made to a party having a corresponding interest or duty.”
• unrebutted privilege constitutes a complete defense to defamation

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