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- Title: Lewis V. Oliver
- Author : Arizona Court of Appeals
- Release Date : January 14, 1993
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 61 KB
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In this appeal we hold that a complaint made to superiors of a safety inspector of the Federal Aviation Administration ("FAA") is entitled to a qualified, but not an absolute privilege. We also hold that an FAA safety inspector is a public official who must establish a defendant's actual malice in making defamatory statements concerning the performance of the inspector's job. Because the plaintiff presented evidence sufficient to create a jury question on whether the defendant acted with actual malice, we reverse the grant of summary judgment for the defendant and remand to the trial court for further proceedings.