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Malicious Prosecution + Defamation


Successfully defended insurer and its employees in an action for malicious prosecution and defamation arising from an arson loss. At the trial court level, we obtained summary judgment by demonstrating through effective discovery techniques that the insurer’s only pre-arrest communication with the authorities was providing a copy of its investigative file to the state fire marshal, as it was required by statute to do. In a precedent-setting decision, we preserved the win on appeal.