BONGIOVI v. SULLIVAN

No. 43194.

138 P.3d 433 (2006)

Joseph J. BONGIOVI, Jr., M.D., and Joseph J. Bongiovi, Jr., M.D., Chartered, Appellants, v. Walter SULLIVAN, M.D., Respondent.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

July 13, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Beckley Singleton, Chtd., and Daniel F. Polsenberg, Las Vegas; Parker Nelson & Arin, Chtd., and Imanuel B. Arin, Las Vegas; JoNell Thomas, Las Vegas, for Appellants.

Campbell & Williams and Donald J. Campbell and J. Colby Williams, Las Vegas, for Respondent.

Before ROSE, C.J., DOUGLAS and BECKER, JJ.


OPINION

ROSE, C.J.

Julie Jones sought cosmetic surgery and consulted with various plastic surgeons, including appellant Joseph Bongiovi, Jr., M.D., and respondent Walter Sullivan, M.D. On two separate occasions, while Jones was consulting with Bongiovi, Bongiovi told Jones that Sullivan had recently killed a woman while performing the same surgery Jones was scheduled for. Jones canceled her surgery with Sullivan and, sometime later, told Sullivan...

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