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OESTERLE v. WALLACE

Docket No. 267591.

725 N.W.2d 470 (2006)

272 Mich. App. 260

Michael Howard OESTERLE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Keith D. WALLACE, Isackson & Wallace, P.C., Andrew J. Broder, and Payne, Payne, Broder & Fossee, P.C., Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Michigan.

Decided September 14, 2006, at 9:00 a.m.

Released for Publication December 27, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lipson, Neilson, Cole, Seltzer & Garin, P.C. (by Joseph P. Garin and C. Thomas Ludden), Bloomfield Hills, for Keith D. Wallace and Isackson & Wallace, P.C.

Fraser Trebilcock Davis & Dunlap, P.C. (by Peter L. Dunlap and Ryan K. Kauffman), Lansing, for Andrew J. Broder and Payne, Payne, Broder & Fossee, P.C.

Before FORT HOOD, P.J., and BANDSTRA and DONOFRIO, JJ.

BANDSTRA, J.

In this defamation action, plaintiff appeals as of right the trial court's grant of summary disposition in favor of defendants under MCR 2.116(C)(8). We conclude that the absolute privilege applicable to allegedly defamatory statements made during judicial proceedings applies to the statements made in the settlement letter at issue here. We affirm.

I. Facts and Procedural History

This case arises from litigation in which plaintiff and...

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