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- Title: Slaughter V. Friedman
- Author : Supreme Court Of California
- Release Date : January 23, 1982
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 64 KB
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The case involves the defenses to a libel action. The central issue is the application of section 592A of the Restatement Second of Torts, which creates an absolute privilege for "[one] who is required by law to publish defamatory matter . . . ." Noting that section 592A contains a privilege different from, and more extensive than, the absolute privileges of section 47 of the Civil Code, we conclude that the adoption of the Restatement rule is a matter more appropriately left to the Legislature. We further conclude that plaintiff has adequately alleged