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TYLER v. FINDLING

No. 162016.

972 N.W.2d 833 (2021)

508 Mich. 364

B. A. TYLER, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. David M. FINDLING and The Findling Law Firm, PLC, Defendants-Appellants, and Mekel S. Miller, Defendant-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided August 4, 2021.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tyler Law Firm, PLLC, Troy (by B. A. Tyler) for B. A. Tyler.

Maddin Hauser Roth & Heller, PC (by Kathleen H. Claus) and The Findling Law Firm, PLC (by David M. Findling) for David M. Findling and The Findling Law Firm, PLC.

Dickinson Wright PLLC (by Edward H. Pappas, Troy) and Phillip J. Derosier, Detroit, for the State Bar of Michigan Alternative Dispute Resolution Section, amicus curiae.

BEFORE THE ENTIRE BENCH.

OPINION

This is a defamation case arising from statements made by one attorney to another before actually meeting with the mediator at the start of a court-ordered mediation. We conclude that the Court of Appeals erred when it held that a cause of action for defamation existed based on these communications because they were subject...

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