Slaughter v. Friedman

Opinion

RICHARDSON, J.

The case involves the defenses to a libel action. The central issue is' the application of section 592A of the Restatement Second of Torts, which creates an absolute privilege for “[o]ne who is required by law to publish defamatory matter .... ” Noting that section 592A contains a privilege different from, and more extensive than, the absolute privileges of section 47 of the Civil Code, we conclude that the adoption of the Restatement rule is a matter more appropriately left to the Legislature. We further conclude that plaintiff has adequately al*153leged defendants’…