Legal Opinion
Hartman v. Keri
Indiana Court of Appeals
Decided December 27, 2006No. 02A03-0603-CV-135PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
NAJAM, Judge.
STATEMENT OF THE CASE
Suzanne Swinchart and Virginia Hartman bring this interlocutory appeal following the trial court's denial of their motion for summary judgment. We address a single dispositive issue on review, namely, whether communications made in the course of official proceedings brought under the antiharassment policies of The Trustees of Purdue University ("Purdue") are protected by an absolute privilege.
We reverse.
FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY
In August of 2000, Dr. Gabe Keri became an Assistant Professor of Education in the School of Education at Indiana…
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3Cited by3 opinions
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