Riddle v. Perry

WILKINS, Justice:

1 1 Jesse Riddle appeals the district court's dismissal of his defamation claim against Lester Perry. Because the alleged defamatory statement was privileged, we affirm.

BACKGROUND

T2 When determining whether a trial court properly granted a motion to dismiss, we accept the factual allegations in the complaint as true and consider them, and all reasonable inferences to be drawn from them, in the light most favorable to the non-*1131moving party. See, eg., Krouse v. Bower, 2001 UT 28, ¶2, 20 P.3d 895. We therefore assume the statement made by Mr. Perry, as discussed below, was…