Legal Opinion
William M. Giffin v. Jack Summerlin, M.D.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 15, 1996No. 94-2100PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Per curiam
In this diversity action governed by Indiana law, William M. Giffin sued his treating physician Dr. Jack Summerlin for giving unfavorable deposition testimony in a malpractice lawsuit that Giffin brought against a previous treating physician. Giffin asserted that Dr. Summerlin owed him a duty to refrain from assisting his adversary in the malpractice litigation, and that Dr. Summerlin’s breach of that duty gave rise to a cause of action for a violation of the confidential relationship between physician and patient. The district court granted summary judgment in favor of Dr. Summerlin. We hold…
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