Action Apartment Ass'n v. City of Santa Monica, 41 Cal. 4th 1232 (2007)

Citation: Action Apartment Ass'n v. City of Santa Monica, 41 Cal. 4th 1232 (2007)
Parent Document: Action Apartment Ass'n v. City of Santa Monica, 41 Cal. 4th 1232 (2007)
Jurisdiction: California (state)
Effective Date: 2007-08-02
Original Source: https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/5608052/action-apartment-assn-v-city-of... ↗

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To be protected by the litigation privilege, a communication must be “in furtherance of the objects of the litigation.” (Silberg, supra, 50 Cal.3d at p. 219.) This is “part of the requirement that the communication be connected with, or have some logical relation to, the action, i.e., that it not be extraneous to the action.” (Id. at pp. 219-220.) A prelitigation communication is privileged only when it relates to litigation that is contemplated in good faith and under serious consideration. (Eisenberg v. Alameda Newspapers, Inc. (1999) 74 Cal.App.4th 1359, 1381 [88 Cal.Rptr.2d 802] (Eisenberg); Edwards, supra, 53 Cal.App.4th at p. 36; Laffer v. Levinson (1995) 34 Cal.App.4th 117, 124 [40 Cal.Rptr.2d 233] (Laffer); Fuhrman v. California Satellite Systems (1986) 179 Cal.App.3d 408, 421 [225 Cal.Rptr. 140, 231 Cal.Rptr. 113] (Fuhrman), disapproved on other grounds in Silberg, supra, 50 Cal.3d at p. 219; Rest.2d Torts, § 586, com. e, p. 248.)

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