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Civil Rights

Jun. 24, 2004

Maligned Doctor Awarded $4.3M

SAN FRANCISCO - A federal jury has hit San Francisco and Laguna Honda Hospital with a $4.3 million verdict, finding the hospital violated a doctor's free speech rights by filing a false and defamatory report about him in response to his criticism of physician layoffs.

By Tyler Cunningham
Daily Journal Staff Writer
        SAN FRANCISCO - A federal jury has hit San Francisco and Laguna Honda Hospital with a $4.3 million verdict, finding the hospital violated a doctor's free speech rights by filing a false and defamatory report about him in response to his criticism of physician layoffs.
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