Anti-vaccination "doctor" loses appeal on libel suit...
"Dr" Andrew Wakefield lost his appeal to the Texas appeals court for the dismissal of his libel suit. 
The Texas Court of Appeals has upheld the lower court ruling that dismissed the libel suit brought by Dr. Andrew Wakefield against the British Medical Journal Publishing Group, BMJ editor-in-chief Fiona Godlee, and investigative reporter Brian Deer. Wakefield's suit, which was filed in Texas, was dismissed on jurisdictional grounds. The Appeals Court also ordered Wakefield to pay the defendants' costs related to the appeal. In 2010, the British Medical Council found Wakefield guilty of serious professional misconduct and struck him from the physician register. The suit was mainly concerned about a BMJ article written by Deer, an accompanying editorial that discussed Wakefield's conduct, and an article in The Lancet Wakefield wrote that was later retracted. A brief filed during the case provides a detailed account of Deer's devastating investigation. Deer's Web site provides additional perspective on the libel suit.
http://www.casewatch.org/foreign/wakefield/libel_suit/appeal_opinion.pdf
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