Legal Opinion
Leavitt v. Bickerton
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided May 19, 1994No. Civ. A. 92-12311-RDLPublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
YOUNG, District Judge.
This matter comes before the Court upon the motion of the defendant, Brian H. Corliss (“Mr. Corliss”), to dismiss Count V (defamation) and Count VI (intentional infliction of emotional distress)-of the pending action. In resolving this motion to dismiss, the Court necessarily accepts as true all the following averments of the plaintiff, Charlotte Leavitt (“Mrs. Leavitt”):
Mrs. Leavitt originally brought a malpractice action in Massachusetts against Dr. Ilona Laszlo-Higgins, an obstetrician currently residing in Hawaii, alleging that Dr. Higgins’…
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