Modla v. Parker

JACOBSON, Judge.

The primary questions raised by this appeal deal with the liability of a hospital for discharging a patient and the question of what constitutes slander per se.

On July 15, 1968 plaintiff-appellant, Steve Modla, was admitted as a patient to the Southside Hospital for treatment of lesions on his lips. Almost immediately difficulties arose between appellant and his attending physician. The next day the doctor notified Scotty Parker, a hospital administrator, of his decision to terminate the case and discharge the patient. Later in the day Parker told appellant that the hospital…