Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit October 27, 2000, 99-3715 (J.H. Desnick, M.D., Eye Services, Ltd. v. American Broadcasting Companies, Inc., Jon Entine, and Sam Donaldson)

POSNER, Circuit Judge.

Seven years ago the Desnick eye clinic, joined by two of the clinic’s surgeons (who are no longer parties), brought this diversity suit against the ABC television network, a producer of ABC’s program “PrimeTime Live,” and the program’s star reporter, Sam Donaldson, seeking damages for a variety of torts allegedly committed by the defendants in connection with a 15-minute