Legal Opinion
Attaya v. Shoukfeh
Texas Court of Appeals, 7th District (Amarillo)
Decided March 13, 1998No. 07-96-0264-CV, 07-96-0265-CVPublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DODSON, Justice.
In the trial court, Fawwaz M. Shoukfeh, M.D. sued Nabil Attaya, M.D. for furnishing information against him to the Texas State Board of Medical Examiners in bad faith, for malicious prosecution, abuse of process, defamation, business disparagement, intentional infliction of emotional distress and battery. Attaya claimed absolute quasi judicial immunity. The trial court granted Attaya’s motion for directed verdict on all of Shoukfeh’s causes of actions except the bad faith and battery actions which were submitted to the jury.
After the jury’s verdict (which was favorable to…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- James v. BrownTexas Supreme Court · 1982
- Reagan v. Guardian Life InsuranceTexas Supreme Court · 1942
- Runge v. FranklinTexas Supreme Court · 1889
- Town of South Padre Island v. Jacobs, Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District1987
- Parker v. Holbrook, Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)1982
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