FIKES v. FURST

No. 20,717.

61 P.3d 855 (2002)

133 N.M. 146

2003-NMCA-006

Jay Courtney FIKES, Ph.D., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Peter T. FURST, Ph.D., Defendant-Appellee.

Court of Appeals of New Mexico.

Certiorari granted January 13, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David M. Overstreet, Overstreet & Associates, P.C., Alamogordo, NM, for Appellant.

Michael W. Brennan, Madison, Harbour, Mroz & Brennan, P.A., Albuquerque, NM, for Appellee.


Certiorari granted, No. 27,824, January 13, 2003.

OPINION

ROBINSON, Judge.

{1} This case concerns a personal feud that began in the 1980s. Plaintiff and Defendant are both professors holding doctorate degrees. Each steadfastly believes that the other is out to destroy his reputation and career. After much contention between the two, Plaintiff brought this defamation action. We affirm in part and reverse in part the district court's grant of summary...

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