Case Name: Alexander L. KAPLAN, Esq., Appellant, v. Scott BERENSON, M.D., Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1998-05-06
Citations: 708 So. 2d 1047
Docket Number: No. 97-2313
Parties: Alexander L. KAPLAN, Esq., Appellant, v. Scott BERENSON, M.D., Appellee.
Judges: POLEN, STEVENSON and SHAHOOD, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 708
Pages: 1047–1047

Head Matter:
Alexander L. KAPLAN, Esq., Appellant, v. Scott BERENSON, M.D., Appellee.
No. 97-2313.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
May 6, 1998.
Alexander L. Kaplan, Boca Raton, pro se.
Kara Berard Rockenbach of Gaunt, Pratt, Radford & Methe, P.A., West Palm Beach, for appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Alexander L. Kaplan, a member of The Florida Bar, appeals a final judgment dismissing with prejudice his complaint for damages against Scott Berenson, M.D., for defamation allegedly occurring in letters sent about Kaplan by Berenson to The Florida Bar. Since Berenson had an absolute privilege against civil liability when he lodged the grievance against Kaplan, we affirm. Tobkin v. Jarboe, 695 So.2d 1257, 1259 (Fla. 4th DCA), rev. granted, 705 So.2d 11 (Fla.1997).
POLEN, STEVENSON and SHAHOOD, JJ., concur.