Legal Opinion

Scott v. Zaheri

Louisiana Court of Appeal

Decided December 3, 2014No. 2014-CA-0726PublishedCited by 41 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

PAUL A. BONIN, Judge.

|2Mace Scott, an emergency room physician, sued Kamran Zaherí, another emergency room physician, because Dr. Scott came to believe that Dr. Zaherí published four anonymous defamatory letters about him over a three year period. The first three of the four letters were published more than one year before Dr. Scott filed his suit on February 14, 2018. Dr. Zaherí filed an exception of prescription regarding the first three letters and exceptions of no cause and of no right of action regarding the fourth letter.

Rejecting Dr. Scott’s contention that the four letters constituted…

2Cases cited35 opinions

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  3. Costello v. HardySupreme Court of Louisiana · 2004
  4. Spott v. Otis Elevator Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1992
  5. Bustamento v. TuckerSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1992

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