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Type: Legal document (federal supplement court opinion)
File Size: 1.84 MB
Summary

This document is a page from the Federal Supplement (Vol. 349, 2d Series) containing the header of a decision in the case *Lawrence Agee v. Richard Grunert, et al.* (D. Vermont, 2004). The case involves a physician suing his former partners for defamation and other torts after they reported his mental unfitness to practice; the court largely ruled in favor of the defendants, finding their statements privileged and required by ethics codes. The top of the page also contains the conclusion of a separate, unrelated case involving the 'SAAR Network' and 'Adel Batterjee' (likely the *Burnett* 9/11 litigation), and the footer indicates the document is part of a House Oversight Committee production.

People (6)

Name Role Context
Lawrence Agee Plaintiff
Physician suing former partners for defamation and other claims.
Richard Grunert, M.D. Defendant
Former partner of Agee.
Chris Fukuda, M.D. Defendant
Former partner of Agee.
Sessions Chief Judge
District Court Judge presiding over the Agee case.
Adel Batterjee Defendant (Previous Case)
Mentioned in the snippet of the previous case (Burnett) at the top of the page; motion to dismiss denied.
Burnett Plaintiff (Previous Case)
Mentioned in the snippet of the previous case at the top of the page.

Organizations (5)

Name Type Context
Fletcher Allen Health Care, Inc.
Defendant in the Agee case.
Copley Hospital
Defendant in the Agee case.
United States District Court, D. Vermont
Court where the case was heard.
SAAR Network
Mentioned in the previous case snippet at the top; claims against them dismissed.
House Oversight Committee
Producer of the document (via footer stamp).

Timeline (1 events)

October 1, 2004
Court decision rendered in Agee v. Grunert et al.
Vermont
Sessions Lawrence Agee Richard Grunert Chris Fukuda

Locations (1)

Location Context
Jurisdiction of the District Court.

Relationships (2)

Lawrence Agee Legal Adversaries / Former Business Partners Richard Grunert, M.D.
Plaintiff v. Defendant; text mentions 'former partners in medical group practice'.
Lawrence Agee Legal Adversaries / Former Business Partners Chris Fukuda, M.D.
Plaintiff v. Defendant; text mentions 'former partners in medical group practice'.

Key Quotes (3)

"Motions granted in part and denied in part."
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"Under Vermont law, the elements of defamation are: (1) a false and defamatory statement concerning another..."
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"partners were required under ethics code to question physician's fitness when he attempted surgery despite not having slept for weeks and while on sleep medication"
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Quote #3

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