Lawrence v. Burdi

Plaintiff appeals as of right from a Macomb Circuit Court order granting defendants’ motion for summary disposition. The court concluded that the statements made by defendant Burdi 1 were privileged, that the statements could not be the basis of plaintiffs claims, and that therefore, plaintiff failed to state a claim that was actionable. We affirm in part and reverse in part.

I. FACTUAL BACKGROUND

Plaintiffs claims of abuse of process and defamation arose from an underlying property dispute being litigated in the Macomb Circuit Court before Judge Jennifer Faunce (notably, the same judge who…