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Kim fined in Korea matter involving K.Y. Cha

By Lawrence B. Ebert, Esq.

The Los Angeles Times reported: The Seoul Central District Court found that Dr. Jeong-Hwan Kim had damaged the reputation of Kwang Yul Cha, a fertility doctor and chancellor of a South Korean university with ties to Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center. Kim was fined $750.

The decision was reached in July 2008. The Times stated:

The court found Kim guilty on July 9, 2008.

The documents related to the case were released by Cha this week. In a written statement, he referred to the verdict as "vindication."

Kim could not be reached for comment.

Kim will have to pay a fine of 1 million South Korean won, which amounts to about $750.

Cha is the chancellor of the Medical School at South Korea's Pochon CHA University. A branch of the university owns Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center.

Cha had sued California doctor Bruce Flamm over an op-ed written by Flamm which, in part, related to the Cha/Kim publication matter. Cha lost at trial.

Full post as published by IPBiz on December 25, 2008 (boomark / email).