Doc v. doc: Defamation claim follows patient’s death

By Peter Vieth
Published: December 28, 2010

Tags: Defamation, Judge Jonathan M. Apgar, Roanoke Circuit Court

Accusations of bad medical practice spilled from the operating room to the courtroom in a Roanoke case now headed for trial. A doctor who claims he was accused of “euthanizing” a patient gets to try his $2.35-million defamation case against the doctor who allegedly made the statement, after a judge’s ruling last month. Roanoke Circuit Judge Jonathan ...

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