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POLANCO v. FAGER

No. 88-3599.

886 F.2d 66 (1989)

Octavio POLANCO, M.D., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Charles FAGER, M.D., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided September 19, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Alan Levin (Andrew E. Vernick, Digges, Wharton & Levin, Annapolis, Md., on brief), for plaintiff-appellant.

Gerard J. Emig (Gleason & Flynn, Chartered, Rockville, Md., on brief), for defendant-appellee.

Before ERVIN, Chief Judge, and WINTER and CHAPMAN, Circuit Judges.

HARRISON L. WINTER, Circuit Judge:

Defendant, Dr. Charles Fager, amplified the testimony he had given in the course of a proceeding before a Health Claims Arbitration Panel by a letter to the presiding officer of that panel. Dr. Octavio Polanco thereafter brought suit against Fager, claiming that Fager's letter defamed him by stating that he had performed an operation because of "egotism and greed." The district court gave summary judgment for Fager, ruling that Fager...

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