Feyz v. Mercy Memorial Hospital

Plaintiff is a physician with staff privileges at defendant Mercy Memorial Hospital. This lawsuit arises from an internecine dispute over nursing orders *666for patient intake at the defendant hospital. Plaintiffs insistence on requiring the nursing staff to use his special standing orders instead of defendant hospital’s standing orders eventually led to a conflict with defendant hospital and a peer review of plaintiffs professional practices as well as disciplinary action.

Plaintiffs challenge of the peer review conducted by some of the defendants and the resulting disciplinary action taken…