Court Opinion

ID: 9677317
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-24 05:49:05.149756+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:16:54.856932
License: Public Domain

Hallows, J.
(dissenting, in part). I think summary judgment is not the proper remedy to decide a legal question posed on hypothetical facts, but assuming the remark was made it was not pertinent or relevant to the case. In the context in which it was made it was uncalled for and a gratuitous observation which served no purpose and should not be held to come under the protective cloak of the privilege. True, when one is in the pursuit of justice he should not be restrained lest he lose his vigor for the chase through fear of reprisal. To me the remark should only be privileged under the English rule. Perhaps we have adopted the English rule in substance for under our ultra-liberal construction of what we call the American rule, I have yet to find a remark made in a judicial proceeding not to be relevant or pertinent to the case.