Aliado v. Archdiocese of Los Angeles Education and Welfare Corp.
Karen and Ted Aliado sued the Archdiocese of Los Angeles Education and Welfare Corporation (the Archdiocese) for negligence and for violation of their constitutional right to privacy, as a result of the Archdioceses disclosure of confidential information in response to a subpoena. The complaint was dismissed after demurrers were sustained without leave to amend.
Court conclude that the Aliados privacy claim is barred by the litigation privilege (Civ. Code, 47) because the information that the Archdiocese divulged was in a communication connected to a judicial proceeding. The Aliados have abandoned their negligence claim with respect to the release of confidential information. Finally, the Aliados new claim relating to schoolyard bullying is not cognizable because they failed to obtain leave from the trial court to assert it. Accordingly, Court affirm the judgment in favor of the Archdiocese.
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