Opinion ID: 1910345
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Heading: Barker's Claims Against ICA

Text: Finally, Barker claims that Superior Court erred in granting summary judgment on her claims against ICA. [7] As the Superior Court noted, however, plaintiff's cause of action against ICA is based solely on the fact that ICA provided Huang with an attorney who signed Huang's Rochen counterclaim. Barker's affidavit raised no new claims against ICA. Barker has thus made no claim that ICA was a part of any allegedly tortious conduct outside of the judicial context. The absolute privilege extends to attorneys involved in litigation. Nix v. Sawyer, Del.Super., 466 A.2d 407, 413 (1983); See Hoover v. Van Stone, D.Del., 540 F.Supp. 1118 (1982); Tatro v. Esham, Del.Super., 335 A.2d 623, 626 (1975); Restatement (Second) of Torts § 586. Therefore, ICA was entitled to the protection of the absolute privilege. Neither Barker's complaint nor her affidavit makes out any claims against ICA that are not defeated on their face by the absolute privilege. Accordingly, Barker's claim that Superior Court erred in granting summary judgment on her claims against ICA is without merit.