IRONSIDE v. SIMI VALLEY HOSP.

No. 95-6336.

103 F.3d 482 (1996)

Paul A. IRONSIDE, M.D., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SIMI VALLEY HOSPITAL; Alan Rice; Harry Drummond; Suzanne Van Hall; and Jeffers, Mangels, Butler & Marmaro, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided December 23, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dennis M. McCarthy (briefed), Judy P. McCarthy (argued and briefed), Law Office of Judy Pinkston McCarthy, Knoxville, TN, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Stephen E. Roth (argued and briefed), Baker, Donelson, Bearman & Caldwell, Knoxville, TN, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before: MERRITT, COLE, and GODBOLD, Circuit Judges.


GODBOLD, Circuit Judge.

The plaintiff, a physician practicing in Tennessee, sued a California hospital where previously he had practiced, and persons connected with it, alleging that they defamed him and tortiously interfered with his contract with a Tennessee hospital by sending a letter to the hospital. The letter referred to a report to the Medical Board of California concerning the suspension of plaintiff's clinical privilege at the California hospital and suggested...

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