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Remarks Made In the Course of Litigation Privileged

The Second Department determined that the allegedly defamatory remarks were privileged because they were made during the course of litigation:

To properly state a cause of action alleging defamation, a plaintiff must allege that, without privilege or authorization, and with fault as judged, at minimum, by a negligence standard, the defendant published to a third party a false statement … . Additionally, unless the defamatory statement fits within one of the four “per se” exceptions …, a plaintiff must allege that he or she suffered “special damages”—–“the loss of something having economic or pecuniary value” … . Where an allegedly false statement is defamatory per se, the law presumes that damages will result, so the plaintiff need not allege or prove them … . An otherwise defamatory statement may be “privileged” and therefore not actionable … . Generally, as relevant here, statements made at all stages of a judicial proceeding in communications among the parties, witnesses, counsel, and the court are accorded an absolute privilege, so long as the statements may be considered in some way “pertinent” to the issue in the proceeding … . This privilege, or “immunity” …, applies to statements made in or out of court, on or off the record, and regardless of the motive with which they were made… . El Jamal v Weil, 2014 NY Slip Op 02408, 2nd Dept 4-9-14

 

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