Legal Opinion
Messina, Karyn v. Krakower, Daniel
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided March 7, 2006No. 04-7163PublishedCited by 165 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge GARLAND.
GARLAND, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff Karyne Messina brought this diversity action charging attorney Daniel Krakower and his law firm, Shulman, Rogers, Gandal, Pordy & Ecker, P.A., with defamation. The district court concluded that the defendants were protected from liability for defamation by the judicial proceedings privilege and granted summary judgment in their favor. We affirm.
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Karyne Messina and Susan Fontana were equal owners and co-presidents of a corporation called Totally Italian.com, Inc.' By December 2002, the two had become…
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