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Title: Robert Putter v. Barry Anderson
Author : Dallas Court of Civil Appeals of Texas
Release Date : January 24, 1980
Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
Pages : * pages
Size : 59 KB

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Robert Putter appeals from a judgment for three libels obtained against him by Barry Anderson, a Dallas police officer. We reverse and render as to two of the claimed libels because (1) Andersons pleading and proof raised the issue of absolute privilege, and (2) Andersons proof showed, as a matter of law, that two of the libels, being separate defamatory letters from Putter to the Dallas Police Departments Internal Affairs Division, were published to a quasi-judicial body and hence were absolutely privileged. We reverse and remand as to the third claimed libel, a defamatory letter from Putter to a member of the Dallas City Council, because the jurys damage findings, inclusive of all three alleged libels, cannot be apportioned so as to affirm the judgment for only the third libel.