MORAN v. STATE

No. 80,741.

267 Kan. 583 (1999)

985 P.2d 127

JON F. MORAN, M.D., Appellant, v. STATE OF KANSAS; THE KANSAS BOARD OF REGENTS; THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER; DANIEL HOLLANDER, M.D.; GLENN E. POTTER; KIM RUSSEL; A.L. CHAPMAN; and JON JACKSON, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Kansas.

Opinion filed July 9, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christopher S. Shank, of Shank, Laue & Hamilton, P.C., of Kansas City, Missouri, argued the cause, and Brant M. Laue and Cindi S. Woolery, of the same firm, were with him on the briefs for appellant.

Susan R. Schrag, of Morris, Laing, Evans, Brock & Kennedy, Chartered, of Wichita, argued the cause, and Bruce A. Ney, of the same firm, was with her on the briefs for appellees.


The opinion of the court was delivered by

ALLEGRUCCI, J.:

Jon F. Moran, M.D., former head of the Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery at the University of Kansas Medical Center (KUMC), brought this action against defendants, alleging that they made false and defamatory statements about him and his stewardship of KUMC's heart transplant program. Individual defendants are KUMC administrators. The district court granted summary judgment in favor of defendants...

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