KHOKHA v. SHAHIN

No. 20080211.

767 N.W.2d 159 (2009)

2009 ND 110

Inder V. KHOKHA, Plaintiff, Appellant and Cross-Appellee v. Salem S. SHAHIN, and Salem S. Shahin, M.D., P.C., a North Dakota Professional Corporation, Defendants, Appellees and Cross-Appellants.

Supreme Court of North Dakota.

June 22, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tracy Vigness Kolb (argued) and Lance D. Schreiner (appeared), Zuger Kirmis & Smith, Bismarck, N.D., for plaintiff, appellant, and cross-appellee.

Patrick W. Durick (argued) and Tiffany L. Johnson (appeared), Pearce & Durick, Bismarck, N.D., for defendants, appellees, and cross-appellants.


VANDE WALLE, Chief Justice.

[¶ 1] Dr. Inder V. Khokha appealed and Dr. Salem S. Shahin and Salem S. Shahin, M.D., P.C., a North Dakota Professional Corporation, cross-appealed from a judgment dismissing Khokha's defamation action against Shahin after a jury found statements made by Shahin to a patient's family did not defame Khokha. We hold the district court did not abuse its discretion in its evidentiary rulings and did not err in instructing the jury on qualified...

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