Bandeian v. Wagner

OPINION

TODD, Presiding Judge, Middle Section.

The plaintiff, John J. Bandeian, Jr., M.D. has appealed from the summary dismissal of his suit against the defendant, Martin H. Wagner, M.D. for libel.

Plaintiff’s second amended complaint asserts that an unsigned letter containing untruthful statements about plaintiff and another physician was mailed to a patient by the defendant.

Defendant’s motion for summary judgment is supported by his affidavit that:

2. I have read Exhibit 1 to the Complaint (letter said to have been postmarked on October 24, 1994 and referred to hereinafter as the or this…