GILBERT v. MEDICAL ECONOMICS CO.

No. 80-1316.

665 F.2d 305 (1981)

Beatrice T. GILBERT a/k/a Beatrice Gilbert Spence, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. MEDICAL ECONOMICS COMPANY, a Division of Litton Industries, Inc.; Litton Industries, Inc., a Delaware corporation; and Bart Sheridan, individually; and John Does I-X, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

Decided November 30, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ronald H. Shear of Tilly & Graves, Denver, Colo., for plaintiff-appellant.

Thomas B. Kelley of Yegge, Hall & Evans, Denver, Colo., for defendants-appellees.

Before BARRETT, DOYLE and McKAY, Circuit Judges.


McKAY, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from the trial court's grant of summary judgment for defendants in a diversity case arising from defendants' alleged tortious invasion of plaintiff's privacy. On April 3, 1978, defendants published in the periodical Medical Economics an article entitled "Who Let This Doctor In The O.R.? The Story Of A Fatal Breakdown In Medical Policing." The article, a copy of which is contained in the record before us, outlines two...

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