Legal Opinion
Hagebak v. Stone
New Mexico Court of Appeals
Decided December 9, 2002No. 22,486PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BOSSON, Chief Judge.
{1} This appeal involves two overlapping claims in tort: defamation and prima facie tort. In granting summary judgment against Robert Hagebak on his defamation claim, the district court held, as a matter of first impression in New Mexico, that intracorporate communications among corporate employees and agents are not “published” to third parties, and therefore cannot be the basis for a claim in defamation. The district court also granted summary judgment against the claim in prima facie tort, because it was based on the same alleged conduct as the claim for…
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