Legal Opinion
Buckley v. Litman
New York Court of Appeals
Decided December 14, 1982PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Jones, J.
The publication by a physician to appropriate personnel in the Education Department of an allegedly defamatory letter concerning that physician’s former assistant is subject at least to a qualified privilege. The publication of a carbon copy of the letter to a fellow physician with whom the author had a previous and continuing relationship *519giving rise to a common interest in the contents of the letter is likewise subject to a qualified privilege. Accordingly, an action in libel by the assistant does not lie against the physician-author based on either publication…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Shapiro v. Health Insurance Plan of Greater New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1959
- Wiener v. WeintraubNew York Court of Appeals · 1968
3Cited by23 opinions
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- Susan E. Johnson v. Educational Testing ServiceCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1985
- Hollander v. CaytonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1988
- Dominguez v. BabcockSupreme Court of Colorado · 1986
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