Woodruff v. Trepel

How courts have described this case

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• holding that, whether a conditional privilege exists, “is a question of law for the judge”
• stating that we allow people in certain circumstances not to be held accountable for defamation because they are acting to further a greater interest of social importance
• denying a motion to dismiss raising the defense of a qualified privilege where the complaint alleged facts supporting actual malice
• quoting, W. Page Keeton et al., Prosser and Keeton on the Law of Torts § 114, at 815 (5th ed.1984)
• “It is well-settled in Maryland that statements uttered in the course of a trial or contained in pleadings, affidavits, or other documents related to a case fall within an absolute privilege ... ”
• “Malice means a reckless disregard of truth ... ”

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