LINDEMAN v. LESNICK

Record No. 040385.

604 S.E.2d 55 (2004)

268 Va. 532

Gregg LINDEMAN v. James E. LESNICK, M.D.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

November 5, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marlene Tschida Bryan (Mason, Mason, Walker & Hedrick, on briefs), Newport News, for appellant.

Thomas E. Albro (R. Lee Livingston, Tremblay & Smith, on brief), Charlottesville, for appellee.

Present: HASSELL, C.J., LACY, KEENAN, KOONTZ, LEMONS, and AGEE, JJ., and CARRICO, Senior Justice.


LAWRENCE L. KOONTZ, JR., Justice.

In this defamation case, the sole issue on appeal is whether the trial court erred in failing to strike the evidence on the ground that the defamatory statements were made in the context of an absolute privilege.

BACKGROUND

Upon well-established appellate principles, we view the evidence in the light most favorable to the prevailing party in the trial court, who now is before us armed with a jury verdict approved...

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