Samson Investment Co. v. Chevaillier

SUMMERS, C.J.:

¶ 1 We granted the motion to retain this appeal in order to address the issue of whether an attorney’s circulation of a draft petition in a probable lawsuit to a prospective client can be the basis of a defamation lawsuit. We hold that the attorneys’ actions were protected under the litigation privilege as recognized in our case of Kirschstein v. Haynes, 1990 OK 8, 788 P.2d 941 (Okla.1990). The trial court correctly granted judgment for the attorneys.

¶ 2 The defendants in this case are individual attorneys and the law firms with which they are associated. The attorneys caused a…