Dr. Mary Talley Bowden, an ear, nose and throat specialist in private practice, is pictured over Houston Methodist Hospital in the Texas Medical Center.
Jon Shapley/Staff photographer and Courtesy/Dr. Mary Talley Bowden
A state district judge has dismissed Dr. Mary Talley Bowden’s defamation lawsuit against Houston Methodist Hospital, ending, at least for now, a months-long legal feud over whether the hospital damaged her reputation by publicly denouncing her social media comments about COVID-19 as misinformation.
Judge Mike Engelhart, of Harris County's 151st District Civil Court, heard arguments Monday afternoon after the hospital asked to dismiss the case and strike certain evidence from the record. The judge sided with the hospital on both requests and ordered Bowden to pay its attorney fees.
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