United States Seventh Circuit

In a suit for defamation and breach of contract against an expert witness in a malpractice suit against the plaintiff, dismissal of the plaintiff's case is affirmed where: 1) there is an absolute privilege for statements in testimony or pleadings in a judicial proceeding, and that privilege extends to expert witnesses; and 2) membership in a professional organization does not create an implied right among members to sue each other for breach of the association's rules.

Appellate Information

• Argued 01/12/2007
• Decided 02/27/2007
• Published 02/27/2007

Judges

• POSNER, Circuit Judge., Before POSNER, WOOD, and SYKES, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Scott T. Longman (argued), Brad E. Rago, Barnes & Thornburg, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• David A. Rolf (argued), Sorling Northrup Hanna Cullen & Cochran, Springfield, IL, for Defendant-Appellee.