Roush v. Hey

RECHT, Justice:

This case requires us to decide whether a circuit court judge has absolute immunity for remarks made on a national television program relating to the facts and personalities of a case in which the judge was involved. The Circuit Court of Kanawha County granted summary judgment in favor of the circuit court judge, holding that the judge was absolutely immune from any claims for damages for remarks which formed the defamation and false light claims filed against the judge.

We conclude that the judge’s remarks made while appearing on a national television program were not “judicial…