Western Technologies, Inc. v. Sverdrup & Parcel, Inc.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• dismissing the plaintiff’s tortious interference claims because protected speech cannot be “wrongful” as a matter of law
• slander of title shares a “common root” with tortious interference, which does not arise out of contract
• “[T]he same privilege that bars [plaintiff’s] action for injurious falsehood also bars its action for intentional interference with a contractual relationship.”
• absolute litigation privilege applies to bar action for injurious falsehood and intentional interference with contractual relationship
• slander of title shares a “common root” with tortious interference, which does not arise out of contract
• modified van provided based on claimant’ s evidence that it “ was essential to restore vir tually any mobility”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).