Holden v. Rockford Memorial Hospital

Defendant and counterplaintiff, Rockford Memorial Hospital, appeals from the trial court’s order granting summary judgment. The trial court determined as a matter of law that an employment agreement between the hospital and plaintiff and counterdefendant, Dr. John Holden, was unenforceable because under the corporate-practice-of-medicine doctrine hospitals are prohibited from employing physicians. On appeal, the hospital contends the corporate-practice-of-medicine doctrine does not apply to hospitals and that the employment of physicians by hospitals is not against public policy. We affirm.

Dr.…