Hottentot v. Mid-Maine Medical Center

WATHEN, Justice.

Plaintiff Robert C.G. Hottentot appeals from an order of the Superior Court (Ken-nebec County, Brennan, J.) granting summary judgment to defendant Mid-Maine Medical Center. The Superior Court found no basis for reviewing the staffing decision of a private, non-profit hospital. Finding no error we affirm the judgment.

Plaintiff is an osteopathic orthopedic surgeon practicing in Waterville. He is fully licensed by the State of Maine and is a member of the medical staff at both Sebas-ticook Valley Hospital (Pittsfield) and Wa-terville Osteopathic Hospital. For a time he was Chief…