Attorneys — Judicial proceedings privilege – Defamation

Where a plaintiff filed a defamation complaint based on statements that the defendant attorneys included in two motions to compel production of documents in a divorce proceeding, there was no error in the trial court’s decision to award the defendants summary disposition on the ground that their statements were immune under the judicial proceedings privilege.
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