Manzetti v. Mercy Hosp. of Pittsburgh

OPINION

CAPPY, Justice.

We granted allocatur to determine whether the trial court correctly granted partial summary judgment in the instant matter on the basis that the immunity provisions of the Health Care Quality Improvement Act of 1986 (“HCQIA”), 42 U.S.C. §§ 11101 et seq. bar recovery of monetary damages for claims arising out of a peer review process. For the foregoing reasons, we affirm.

Dr. Gene Manzetti (“Manzetti”) is a cardiac surgeon. From July of 1979 until February 11, 1994, he was privileged to perform all types of open-heart and vascular surgical procedures offered at Mercy…