Preston v. O'Rourke

Opinion

FLYNN, J.

In this tort action, the plaintiff, Richard Preston, appeals from the summary judgment rendered *303by the trial court in favor of the defendant, Paula J. O’Rourke, on her defense that her statements were made in preparation for and as part of a quasi-judicial arbitration proceeding and thus were protected utterances and statements entitled to absolute privilege.1 The plaintiff claims that the court improperly (1) failed to review his claim that the arbitrator lacked subject matter jurisdiction, (2) concluded that arbitration was a quasi-judicial proceeding, (3) concluded that…