SMITH Et Al. v. DiFRANCESCO

MILLER, Presiding Judge.

In this appeal, we must determine whether the trial court properly found that the defendant doctor was entitled to summary judgment on the plaintiff doctor’s claim of defamation per se based on the defendant’s transmission of a letter to patients in which the defendant called into question the plaintiff’s ability to practice medicine. For the reasons that follow, we reverse the trial court’s order and remand the case for further proceedings.

“On appeal from a grant of summary judgment, we review the evidence de novo to determine whether the trial court erred in…