QUESTION
I wanted to know if I could sue for slander from a doctor putting something in my files that wasn't true, and hurt my reputation
Asked on Mar 18th, 2017 on Libel, Slander and Defamation - Florida
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I have been sick for over three years and have been trying to fight for disability. I went to a Doctor Who I thought would help me and instead she thought I was imagining everything that's wrong with me. She put that in my file. I had my disability hearing and I did get my disability but did not get everything I should have and I am not happy with what she wrote about me saying pretty much that I am a hypochondriac and I wanted to see if there was something I could do
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Nope. Doctors are entitled to have thier opinion of you in their records. Unless you can show some form of actual malice you won't get very far on such a case and you will typically spend a great deal of money on legal fees trying to sort it out regardless.
Answered on Mar 23rd, 2017 at 7:13 AM
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