BOCK v. ZITTENFIELD

No. A 82-03-01355; A26560.

672 P.2d 1237 (1983)

66 Or.App. 97

Duane H. BOCK, Appellant, v. Lee M. ZITTENFIELD, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Oregon.

Decided December 7, 1983.

Reconsideration Denied January 27, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wayne Mackeson, Portland, argued the cause for appellant. With him on the brief was Des Connall, P.C., Portland.

Gary J. Zimmer, Portland, argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief was Kennedy, King, Zimmer & O'Malley, Portland.

Before RICHARDSON, P.J., and VAN HOOMISSEN and NEWMAN, JJ.


NEWMAN, Judge.

Plaintiff appeals from a judgment dismissing his complaint for malpractice against defendant, who was his attorney in an earlier defamation action against KOIN-TV, Inc. (KOIN) and its news director, Ted Bryant. Plaintiff, a television news reporter for KOIN, was discharged. He pleaded as a first claim in his defamation action that Bryant, his supervisor, had told a newspaper reporter that KOIN had discharged him because of "Just unsatisfactory coverage...

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