Lawyer Has No Defamation Claim for Draft Complaint

By Deborah Elkins
Published: May 24, 2011

Tags: Fairfax County Circuit Court, Judge R. Terrence Ney, Tort, Virginia Circuit Courts

A Fairfax Circuit Court says lawyers who sent prospective defendants an unfiled “draft complaint” for an employment discrimination claim, “for settlement purposes,” have an absolute privilege from a defamation claim filed by another lawyer named in the draft complaint and the actual complaint, which plaintiff lawyer alleges contained “false or misleading information” describing the plaintiff ...

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