Moe v. Wise
Court of Appeals of Washington
1Opinion of the CourtSeinfeld, J.
Howard Moe appeals the trial court’s dismissal of his defamation action against defendant Arnold Robbins, the attorney for a business in Chapter 11. The trial court held that the “common interest” qualified privilege protected Robbins’s allegedly defamatory communication about Moe’s role in the business’s financial losses. The trial court further found no abuse of that privilege. Holding that a Chapter 11 bankruptcy debtor and its creditors share a common interest in determining the cause of the subject business’s financial failure, we uphold the ruling regarding privilege and affirm the…
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