Supreme Court of California

The litigation privilege of Civil Code section 47(b), which generally protects from tort liability any publication made in connection with a judicial proceeding, protects a letter that a supervisor of a county victim witness program wrote in connection with a family law proceeding that involved visitation rights. Additionally, the privilege protects against a cause of action based on California's constitutional right to privacy.

Appellate Information

• Decided 04/05/2007
• Published 04/05/2007

Judges

• CHIN, J.

Court

• Supreme Court of California

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Brickwood Law Office, Gary Brickwood and Monique Grandaw, Redding, for Defendants and Appellants., Halkides, Morgan & Kelley, Arthur L. Morgan, Paul C. Meidus and John P. Kelley, Redding, for Plaintiff and Respondent.