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GUTHRIE v. BLUE CROSS AND BLUE SHIELD

2970472.

773 So.2d 471 (1998)

Winston GUTHRIE, D.M.D. v. BLUE CROSS AND BLUE SHIELD OF ALABAMA.

Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama.

Rehearing Denied October 23, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert R. Riley, Jr., Birmingham; and Daniel B. Banks, Jr., of Morris, Cloud & Conchin, Huntsville, for appellant.

Cavender C. Kimble and Tom S. Roper of Balch & Bingham, L.L.P., Birmingham, for appellee.

BEATTY, Retired Justice.

In November 1995, Winston Guthrie, D.M.D., sued Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama. Guthrie alleged that Blue Cross "asserted to its insureds [who were Guthrie's patients] and others that [Guthrie] was practicing dentistry outside the scope of his license." Guthrie also alleged that at the time Blue Cross made these statements, it knew that these "statements were false." Guthrie sought damages for libel, slander per se, and intentional...

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