Legal Opinion
Prokop v. Cannon
Nebraska Court of Appeals
Decided July 14, 1998No. A-97-615PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Sievers, Judge.
INTRODUCTION
Robert J. Prokop, M.D., appeals the dismissal of his third amended petition with prejudice after the district court for Saline County, Nebraska, sustained the defendants’ demurrer.
BACKGROUND
A number of years ago, Nancy Hoch and Prokop were opposing candidates for the elected position of University of Nebraska regent in the 1988 general election. During the campaign, Prokop authored a flier criticizing Hoch’s record and mailed it to approximately 40,000 households. Hoch requested a retraction, which was not forthcoming. Hoch then filed suit in the district court for…
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