Litigation Privilege Doesn't Apply to Malicious Statements, High Court Rules

The broad protection that shields litigants in Nevada from liability for potentially defamatory statements made during case proceedings doesn’t apply to disparaging comments that weren't made in good faith during a workers' compensation proceeding, the state’s high court ruled. Sean Fitzgerald in May 2016 accused his former employer, Mobile Billboards LLC, and its owner, Vincent Bartello, of telling the company's workers’ compensation carrier that Fitzgerald was attempting to use the system to procure painkillers, and that he had received multiple ...