MARTIN v. LINCOLN GENERAL HOSP.

No. 22894-CA.

588 So.2d 1329 (1991)

Christine MARTIN, Plaintiff/Appellee, v. LINCOLN GENERAL HOSPITAL, et al., Defendants/Appellants.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

Rehearing Denied November 27, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Randy D. Elkins, Minden, for plaintiff/appellee, Christine Martin.

Hayes, Harkey, Smith, Cascio & Mullens by Bruce M. Mintz, Monroe, for defendants/appellants, Lincoln General Hosp. and JoAnn Rainey.

Before NORRIS, HIGHTOWER and VICTORY, JJ.


NORRIS, Judge.

This is a suit for defamation. Christine W. Martin, a former employee of Lincoln General Hospital, alleged that Jo Ann Rainey and Willis C. "Jimmy" Colvin, also employees of Lincoln General, defamed her by giving false reports of financial improprieties to an auditor, who in turn conveyed these reports to Lincoln General's Board of Directors in a "management letter," on the strength of which the Board summarily fired her. She also alleged that her termination...

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