The court, in a 4-2 reversal from the Appellate Division, found that comments made by a hospital official to a government investigator were not protected by absolute privilege.
June 27, 2018 at 02:38 PM
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The Court of Appeals today ruled that comments made by a hospital official to a federal agency investigator were not protected by absolute privilege, allowing to go forward a defamation lawsuit against a lower Manhattan hospital and its former acting chief medical officer.
The court, on a 4-2 vote, reversed a decision of the Appellate Division.
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