Shearer v. Lambert

This is an action to recover damages for libel. Plaintiff appeals from a judgment in favor of defendant entered after the trial court sustained a demurrer to plaintiff’s complaint.

The complaint alleges that plaintiff is an assistant professor of Physical Education at Oregon State University and that defendant is head of the Department of Physical Education; that defendant wrote a letter to Dr. James Long of the Division of Health and Physical Education concerning the plaintiff, which contains the following statements:

"Roxann Hutchins came to my office on March 6, 1973, complaining that Dr.…