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GIFFIN v. SUMMERLIN

No. 94-2100.

78 F.3d 1227 (1996)

William M. GIFFIN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Jack SUMMERLIN, M.D., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided March 15, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William M. Giffin, (submitted), Springfield, IL, pro se.

David S. Allen, Todd J. Kaiser, Locke, Reynolds, Boyd & Weisell, Indianapolis, IN, for Jack Summerlin, M.D.

Before CUMMINGS, KANNE and ROVNER, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM.

In this diversity action governed by Indiana law, William M. Giffin sued his treating physician Dr. Jack Summerlin for giving unfavorable deposition testimony in a malpractice lawsuit that Giffin brought against a previous treating physician. Giffin asserted that Dr. Summerlin owed him a duty to refrain from assisting his adversary in the malpractice litigation, and that Dr. Summerlin's breach of that duty gave rise to a cause of action for a violation...

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