Litigation
Feb. 4, 2014
Surgeon's defamation suit settles in wake of $1.5M trial verdict
The settlement came in a case in which the plaintiff, transplant surgeon Dr. Hootan Roozrokh, sued two former supervising surgeons for telling colleagues Roozrokh was a liar and a drunk.
By Katie Lucia
Daily Journal Staff Writer
Parties in an unusual defamation and wrongful termination lawsuit announced a confidential settlement last week just days after a jury's decision to award $1.5 million for defamation. The plaintiff, transplant surgeon Dr. Hootan Roozrokh, sued two former supervising surgeons for telling colleagues Roozrokh was a liar and a drunk.
The malicious comments, Roozrokh contended, were retaliation for making complaints about the way ...
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