ROBERT S. CREAMER, ET AL., PLAINTIFFS, APPELLANTS,

v.

RICHARD B. DANKS, ETC., DEFENDANT, APPELLEE

1st Cir. | 1988-12-05

No. 88-1392

Before CAMPBELL, Chief Judge, TIMBERS, Senior Circuit Judge, and TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge.

863 F.2d 1037 United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit (1988)

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Opinion of the Court

PER CURIAM.

After consideration of the briefs, arguments and record, we affirm substantially for the reasons set forth in the magistrate’s careful and lucid opinion. 700 F.Supp. 1169.

We add that, of course, the absolute privilege for statements made in the course of judicial proceedings bars not only plaintiffs’ defamation claim, but all the causes of action alleged against defendant, including negligence for professional malpractice. Dunbar v. Greenlaw, 152 Me. 270, 128 A. 2d 218 (1956) (judicial proceeding privilege bars malpractice against certifying physician in insanity proceeding). See also Sriberg v. Raymond, 544 F. 2d 15, 16 (1st Cir.1976) (judicial proceedings privilege results in “freedom from civil liability”).

AFFIRMED.

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ROBERT S. CREAMER, ET AL., PLAINTIFFS, APPELLANTS, v. RICHARD B. DANKS, ETC., DEFENDANT, APPELLEE