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RIISNA v. AMERICAN BROADCASTING COMPANIES, INC.

No. 01 CIV.2697 LAK.

219 F.Supp.2d 568 (2002)

Ene RIISNA, Plaintiff, v. AMERICAN BROADCASTING COMPANIES, INC., et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, S.D. New York.

September 11, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anne L. Clark, Karen Cacace, Vladeck, Waldman, Elias & Engelhard, P.C., New York City, for Plaintiff.

Kathleen M. McKenna, Lisa M. Brauner, Proskauer Rose LLP, New York City, for Defendant American Broadcasting Companies, Inc.

Steven L. Sonkin, Marshall, Conway & Wright, P.C., New York City, for Defendant H. George Brennan.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

KAPLAN, District Judge.

Plaintiff Ene Riisna, a former ABC News producer and the dissatisfied patient of cosmetic surgeon H. George Brennan, M.D., was fired by ABC after Dr. Brennan's attorney—in what appears to have been a heavy-handed attempt to pressure Riisna into dropping a malpractice suit against him—told ABC that Riisna had used her position with the network to attempt to avoid paying for the surgery and to tarnish...

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