He has also been married two or three times and is very unstable. Reece also has some very bad domestic problems, he nearly beat his wife at one of the functions with all the doctors. Reece had a drinking problem and thought he was an alcoholic. Reece was a paranoid schizophrenic with a lot of difficult problems that were hard to handle.

Charlie Warren(Ob-Gyn in Huntsville)He advised me that we should definitely not insure Dr. Reece had a couple of bad instances in the emergency room with his wife. *197 Reece is very unstable and has some psychological problems and domestic problems.

Finch advised me that we should not insure Dr. Richard Finch(Chief of Staff at Huntsville Hospital)Dr. Reece's three applications for insurance, MASA solicited evaluations and received, in response, the following statements from the defendants, as evidenced by these internal memoranda summarizing those statements: Reece's applications for insurance forms the basis of this controversy. The information received from the defendants with regard to Dr. MASA, in the course of its investigation, randomly contacted area physicians for the purpose of obtaining information relating to the insurable risk of Dr. It was MASA's routine procedure to investigate all applications through several methods, including a peer-review evaluation process. Reece applied for such liability coverage with MASA on three separate occasions soon after his return to Huntsville. Reece, as a gynecological surgeon, was required by the hospitals to retain $1,000,000 in medical malpractice liability insurance coverage. To maintain privileges in any or all of Huntsville's three hospitals, Dr. Reece relocated in Huntsville and again established his practice of medicine, specializing in gynecology. In 1983, he moved to Florida, where he practiced medicine until the middle of 1984. Reece practiced obstetrics and gynecology in Huntsville from 1964 to 1983. Because we hold that the release violates established public policy with respect to prospective intentional torts, we reverse the judgment as it relates to those claims.ĭr. Reece's duly constituted agent for the limited purpose of searching for information, were not published, within the legal definition of 'publication,' we affirm the judgment as it relates to the claim for defamation. Reece.īecause we hold that the alleged defamatory statements, which were made only to MASA's employee, as Dr. Reece's complaint alleged negligence, defamation, intentional infliction of emotional distress, intentional interference with a business or contractual relationship, and deceptive trade practices, arising from statements made to Mutual Assurance Society of Alabama ('MASA') in connection with three separate applications for medical liability insurance made by Dr. Finch, Warren, Smith, Wheeler, and Cameron. Reece, M.D., from a summary judgment for the defendants, Drs. This is an appeal by the plaintiff, John W. Counsel, for amicus curiae The Medical Ass'n of the State of Alabama. Lamar of Lanier, Ford, Shaver & Payne, Huntsville, for appellees. Maples, of Bradley, Arant, Rose & White, and Patrick M. *196 Dieter Schrader, Huntsville, for appellant.

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