Foster v. Scripps

Plaintiff sued defendant for a libel published in the Detroit Evening News, attributing to him gross professional misconduct, resulting in the death of a child. The defense was rested on the claim that the defendant had a right to publish the article as privileged, the plaintiff being one of the city physicians.

The article in question having referred to the action of the city authorities in providing for general vaccination, stated that the'Board of Health had ordered the use of pure bovine virus, and that the operation should be performed in a certain way which excluded the use of an…