Eyring v. East Tennessee Baptist Hospital

OPINION

FRANKS, Judge.

In this action for breach of contract for damages, the defendant was granted summary judgment and plaintiff has appealed.

Plaintiff is a physician who was granted clinical privileges at Defendant Hospital in 1974. The hospital bylaws provided for a reappointment process every two years. This process had resulted in plaintiffs reappointment nine times.1

Plaintiff submitted his application for reappointment on October 4, 1991. Action was delayed on the application from January to March because of committee requests for information regarding pending malpractice claims. The…