MEDICAL LIBEL CASE.
SEQUEL TO SMALLPOX SCARE. [Per Press Association.] NAPIER, Maycli 17. An action for alleged slander, in which two Waipawa doctors, Deck and Reed, figure as plaintiff and defendant respectively, is being heard at the Supreme Court. Dr Deck claims. . £5Ol damages for statements contained m_ letters written by Dr Reed, .in which the latter charged Dr Deck with a breach of professional etiquette, in wittingly . intruding 011 one of Dr Reed's patients. The cause of action arose during the smallpox scare, Dr Deck visiting the patient in question in his capacity as public vaccinator.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 11028, 17 March 1914, Page 6
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