Legal Opinion
Kenneth Econ. v. Sutter E. Bay Hosps.
California Court of Appeal, 5th District
Decided February 4, 2019No. A150211; A150738; A150962PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtPollak, P. J.
*498*1151May a hospital avoid its obligation to provide notice and a hearing before terminating a doctor's ability to practice in the hospital for jeopardizing patient quality of care, by directing the medical group employing the doctor to refuse to assign the doctor to the hospital? We agree with *1152the trial court that it may not, and that it will be liable for damages when it causes such a termination without complying with statutorily mandated procedures.
Defendants Sutter East Bay Hospitals and Alta Bates Summit Medical Center (collectively, the hospital) appeal a judgment awarding plaintiff Dr.…
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