MARSHALL v. ANDERSON

No. 84-1806.

459 So.2d 384 (1984)

James John MARSHALL, Petitioner, v. Marilyn A. ANDERSON, Franciscus Huijing, Barry V. McCleary, Douglas W. Ribbons, Richard Richardson, Eric E. Smith, Rudolph Werner, William J. Whelan and Keith Brew, Respondents.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Rehearing Denied December 17, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stern & Kneski and Peter Kneski, Miami, for petitioner.

Blackwell, Walker, Gray, Powers, Flick & Hoehl and Diane H. Tutt, Miami, for respondents.

Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and HUBBART and FERGUSON, JJ.


SCHWARTZ, Chief Judge.

The petitioner Marshall, a teacher at the University of Miami who was denied tenure, brought a defamation action against several then-colleagues for allegedly slanderous statements uttered during a meeting of the tenured faculty concerning his academic status. The trial court precluded discovery as to the identity of the speakers and the content of their remarks based upon the "academic testimonial privilege" recognized in EEOC v. University...

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