MODLA v. PARKER

No. 1 CA-CIV 1554.

17 Ariz. App. 54 (1972)

495 P.2d 494

Steve MODLA, Appellant, v. Scotty PARKER and Southside Hospital, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Arizona, Division 1, Department B.

Rehearing Denied May 2, 1972.

Review Denied June 20, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Herbert B. Finn, by Galen H. Wilkes, Phoenix, for appellant.

Jennings, Strouss & Salmon, by Nicholas Udall, Phoenix, for appellees.


JACOBSON, Judge.

The primary questions raised by this appeal deal with the liability of a hospital for discharging a patient and the question of what constitutes slander per se.

On July 15, 1968 plaintiff-appellant, Steve Modla, was admitted as a patient to the Southside Hospital for treatment of lesions on his lips. Almost immediately difficulties arose between appellant and his attending physician. The next day the doctor notified Scotty Parker, a...

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