Lyons v. Saint Vincent Health Center

PELLEGRINI, Judge.

Saint Vincent Health Center (St. Vincent) appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Erie County (trial court) denying its motion for post-trial relief from a decree nisi that restored the clinical privileges of Carol Ann Lyons, M.D. (Lyons), a board-certified radiologist, to St. Vincent’s radiology department.

St. Vincent, located in Erie, Pennsylvania, is a general hospital organized as a private non-profit corporation. In October 1988, St. Vincent entered into an exclusive contract 1 with Clinical Associates in Radiology (CAR), a professional corporation, for it…