Hall v. Smith

OPINION

PELANDER, Chief Judge.

¶ 1 Appellant Mitchell Hall appeals from a summary judgment entered in favor of appel-lee Sandra Smith on Hall’s defamation counterclaim against her after Smith brought an action against Hall and others for wrongful termination. The defamation counterclaim arose from a letter Smith had written during the course of this litigation to the chief executive officer (CEO) of the parent company of the Arizona subsidiary for which both Hall and Smith worked. Finding that the absolute judicial privilege applied to the letter, the trial court granted summary judgment in…