Rabiea v. Stein
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
A statement made by counsel during a judicial proceeding, even if made with malice or bad faith, is protected by absolute privilege as long as the statement may, in some way, be considered pertinent to the litigation (see Sexier & Warmflash, P.C. v Margrabe, 38 AD3d 163, 171 [2007]; see also Martirano v Frost, 25 NY2d 505, 507 [1969]; Impallomeni v Meiselman, Farber, Packman & Eberz, 272 AD2d 579 [2000]). Here, accept*701ing the allegations in the complaint as true and resolving all inferences in favor of the plaintiff (see Leon v Martinez, 84 NY2d 83, 87-88 [1994]), the complaint fails to state…
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