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BUCKLEY v. LITMAN

57 N.Y.2d 516 (1982)

William M. Buckley, Respondent, v. Robert B. Litman, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided December 14, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter B. Lekki and Katherine R. Catanzarite for appellant.

Dennis C. Sbrega for respondent.

Chief Judge COOKE and Judges JASEN, GABRIELLI, WACHTLER, FUCHSBERG and MEYER concur.

JONES, J.

The publication by a physician to appropriate personnel in the Education Department of an allegedly defamatory letter concerning that physician's former assistant is subject at least to a qualified privilege. The publication of a carbon copy of the letter to a fellow physician with whom the author had a previous and continuing relationship giving rise to a...

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