LOCKITCH v. BOYER

No. 3970

321 P.2d 254 (1958)

Reuben J. LOCKITCH, M.D., Appellant, v. Harold L. Boyer, M.D., Richard H. Laub, M.D., Chester C. Lockwood, M.D., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Nevada

February 11, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George E. Marshall, Las Vegas, for appellant.

Goldwater & Singleton, of Las Vegas, for respondents Boyer and Lockwood.

Jones, Wiener and Jones, of Las Vegas, for respondent Laub.


BADT, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from a summary judgment entered in favor of respondents, defendants below, and against appellant, plaintiff below. The summary judgment was proper and must be affirmed.

Plaintiff's action was for damages for libelous defamation of character and, in the words of appellant, "grew out of an unauthorized suspension of plaintiff as a member of the medical staff of Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital, the damage claimed [being...

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