Legal Opinion
Margaret MacGregor v. L. David Rutberg
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided February 27, 2007No. 06-2829PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
The parties to this diversity suit governed by Illinois law are neurosurgeons. Rutberg testified as an expert witness for a patient of MacGregor’s in a malpractice suit that the patient had brought against MacGregor in an Illinois state court. In the present case, MacGregor is suing Rut-berg, complaining that his testimony in the malpractice suit was defamatory and a breach of contract. The district court dismissed MacGregor’s suit for failure to state a claim, and she appeals.
MacGregor had performed an anterior cervical discectomy on the patient who later sued her for…
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