Legal Opinion
Bardin v. Lockheed Aeronautical Systems Co.
California Court of Appeal
Decided March 1, 1999No. B116352PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
EPSTEIN, J.
J.Bethany Bardin applied for a job with the Los Angeles Police Department (the Department). The Department received information from Ms. Bardin’s former employer as part of its background investigation. Ms. Bardin sued her former employer, alleging that false and misleading negative information was provided to the Department, causing her application for employment to be rejected. The primary issue on appeal is the extent of the applicable privilege. If respondents have an absolute privilege, we must affirm the trial court’s award of summary judgment on the tort causes of…
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