Court Westminster Assizes | Judge(s) sitting Lord Tentenden CJ | |
Citation(s) (1828) 172 ER 507, (1828) 3 Carrington and Payne 474 | ||
Cooper v Wakley (1828) 172 ER 507 is an English tort law case, concerning the libel by the editor of The Lancet.
Facts
Thomas Wakley alleged in The Lancet that Bransby Cooper had negligently performed an operation on a patient. He alleged Bransby caused a patient incredible suffering as he attempted to extract a bladder stone through a cut beneath the scrotum. The patient subsequently died. Bransby sued for defamation
References
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