Legal Opinion
Mir v. Charter Suburban Hospital
California Court of Appeal
Decided August 31, 1994No. B066660PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
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KLEIN, P. J.
Defendant and appellant Charter Suburban Hospital (Hospital) appeals a postjudgment order awarding plaintiff and respondent Jehan Zeb Mir, M.D. (Mir) $45,205 in attorney fees under Business and Professions Code section 809.9.1
The essential issue presented in this case of first impression is whether a physician who succeeds on mandamus (Code Civ. Proc. § 1094.5) in overturning a disciplinary action by a hospital on the grounds of insufficient evidence is necessarily entitled to recover costs, including attorney fees, under section 809.9.2- 3
Merely because the trial court on…
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