Case Name: Robert S. CREAMER, et al., Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. Richard B. DANKS, etc., Defendant, Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1988-12-05
Citations: 863 F.2d 1037
Docket Number: No. 88-1392
Parties: Robert S. CREAMER, et al., Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. Richard B. DANKS, etc., Defendant, Appellee.
Judges: Before CAMPBELL, Chief Judge, TIMBERS, Senior Circuit Judge, and TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge.
Reporter: Federal Reporter 2d Series
Volume: 863
Pages: 1037–1037

Head Matter:
Robert S. CREAMER, et al., Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. Richard B. DANKS, etc., Defendant, Appellee.
No. 88-1392.
United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.
Dec. 5, 1988.
Edward R. Benjamin, Jr., with whom Jonathan S. Piper and Preti, Flaherty, Beli-veau & Pachios, Portland, Me., were on brief, for plaintiffs, appellants.
Lawrence S. Delaney with whom Jeffrey M. White and Pierce, Atwood, Scribner, Allen, Smith & Lancaster, Portland, Me., were on brief, for defendant, appellee.
Before CAMPBELL, Chief Judge, TIMBERS, Senior Circuit Judge, and TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge.
Of the Second Circuit, sitting by designation.

Opinion:
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.