Leveque v. Paulson

In this action for defamation, plaintiff appeals from a judgment entered after the trial court denied his motion for partial summary judgment and granted defendant’s motion for summary judgment. We affirm.

The facts are not in dispute. Plaintiff is a physician and defendant is an attorney. Defendant represented a third party, Greene, in an unsuccessful action to recover damages for injuries she allegedly received from being exposed to fumes from a broken gas heater. At trial in the injury case, plaintiff testified on Greene’s behalf as an expert witness. At the time of trial, the State Board…