Legal Opinion
Dolan v. Von Zweck
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided April 26, 1985PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Dr. Von Zweck, a psychiatrist, formerly had as patients Christine Dolan, Dolan’s late wife, and three of the Dolan children. Dolan in this complaint against Dr. Von Zweck alleged that on September 17,1981, she had defamed him in a letter about her proposed expert testimony in a child custody case then pending before a Probate Court. The letter was sent only to Mr. Jerome E. Falbo, the attorney for an aunt of the Dolan children (the sister of Dolan’s late wife), who was applying for guardianship of the children.
*1033Dr. Von Zweck had prepared the letter and an earlier draft without ever meeting…
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