Appeals Court Upholds Dismissal of Suit Against Cleveland Scene
By AAN Staff
january 7, 2010 01:17 pm
A three-judge panel of the federal 6th Circuit Court of Appeals in December upheld a U.S. District Court's
2008 dismissal of a defamation suit brought against the
Scene and one of its reporters by an Ohio doctor. The circuit court found Dr. Edward Patrick failed to demonstrate the threshold requirement of falsity in regards to
a 2004 article that the doctor claimed falsely suggested his resume was misleading, his medical credentials were not valid, and that his board certification process was fraudulent.