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Court says doc can't sue paper.

Source :
Editor & Publisher. 3/11/95, Vol. 128 Issue 10, p20. 1/3p.
Publication Year :
1995

Abstract

Reports on a ruling by the Louisiana Supreme Court which states that an obstetrician cannot sue a newspaper for defamation because he was named in an article about excessive Caesarean sections. Dismissal of a lawsuit filed by Alton Romero against the periodical `Daily Advertiser'; Romero's plan to make an appeal to the US Supreme Court.

Subjects

Subjects :
*LIBEL & slander
*NEWSPAPER laws

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
0013094X
Volume :
128
Issue :
10
Database :
Academic Search Index
Journal :
Editor & Publisher
Publication Type :
Periodical
Accession number :
9503241737