Helena Chemical Co. v. Uribe

OPINION

CHÁVEZ, Justice.

{1} This case concerns the scope of the absolute privilege that grants immunity to litigants and their attorneys from being sued for defamation based on public statements they make about a judicial proceeding either before and/or after the judicial proceeding is filed. The specific issues in this case are whether (1) pre-litigation statements made by an attorney to prospective clients, in the presence of the press, regarding a potential mass-tort lawsuit, and (2) statements made directly to the press by an attorney or a party, after such a lawsuit is filed, that repeat…