Legal Opinion
Institute of Athletic Motivation v. University of Illinois
California Court of Appeal
Decided December 29, 1980No. Civ. 45057PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
GRODIN, J.
In this action for defamation the jury returned a general verdict for defendants and plaintiff appeals, asserting instructional error. The principal issue presented concerns the scope of . privilege for communication to interested persons under Civil Code section 47, subdivision 3. Finding no error warranting reversal, we affirm.
Plaintiff Institute of Athletic Motivation is a corporation founded in the late 1960’s by two clinical psychologists, Bruce Ogilvie and Thomas Tutko, to develop and market what they termed an “Athletic Motivation Inventory” (AMI). The AMI, in the form…
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