ProPublica, Texas Newspaper Can't Skirt Surgeon's Libel Suit

By Daniel Siegal (December 20, 2018, 9:22 PM EST) -- A Texas state judge has rejected the Houston Chronicle and ProPublica's bid to shake a heart transplant surgeon's suit alleging they defamed him in an article by accusing him of research violations and poor surgical outcomes, ruling the surgeon had shown the story gave readers "false impressions" about him....

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