October 24, 2007

U. of California Professor Asks Court to Dismiss South Korean Researcher's Libel Suit

By Richard Monastersky

A professor at the University of California at Irvine asked a California court this week to dismiss a lawsuit against him, brought by a prominent South Korean researcher, who accused the American of defamation over statements he made this year in a commentary in a medical newspaper.

In late August, Kwang Y. Cha, a fertility specialist, filed suit in California Superior Court against Bruce L. Flamm, an obstetrician-gynecologist and a volunteer clinical professor at Irvine. The

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