Jose S. De Leon, M.D. Maria G. De Leon, His Wife v. Saint Joseph Hospital, Inc. William L. MacOn Iv, M.D.

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• granting summary judgment where plaintiff failed to support a claim of malice in a private defamation suit
• rejecting the doctrine of self-publication because the doctrine might visit liability for defamation on every employer each time a job applicant is rejected
• applying Maryland law and refusing to recognize the tort of self-publication
• “[T]he theory of self-publication might visit liability for defamation on every . . . employer each time a job applicant is rejected.”

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