Price v. Armour

RUSSON, Justice:

Jeffery Price appeals from the trial court’s grant of summary judgment to defendants Edward B. Armour and the Sheet Metal Workers International Association Local Union No. 312 (“the Union”). Price’s suit alleged that defendants had made defamatory statements. In granting summary judgment, the trial court ruled that the statements in question were privileged against Price’s claims of libel, libel per se, and intentional interference with business relations. We affirm.

BACKGROUND

Armour, a member of the Union, sought employment in March of 1995 with Madsen Mechanical (“Madsen”), a…