Legal Opinion
Kobrin v. Gastfriend
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided January 20, 2005PublishedCited by 73 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCowin, J.
This case has its origin in disciplinary actions brought against a psychiatrist (the plaintiff here) by the Board of Registration in Medicine (board). The defendant, also a psychiatrist, was hired by the board to assist in its investigation of the complaints. After he was exonerated by the board on all charges, the plaintiff sued the defendant for statements made in the form of an affidavit. The defendant’s special motion to dismiss pursuant to G. L. c. 231, § 59H (the “anti-SLAPP” statute), was allowed by a Superior Court judge. The plaintiff appealed from the dismissal of the suit to the…
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