Christenson v. Mount Carmel Health

Lazarus, Judge.

Plaintiff-appellant, Doranna Christenson, M.D., appeals from a judgment of the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas denying her request for injunctive and declaratory relief and dismissing her complaint.

This case concerns the denial of hospital staff privileges to a physician. For the reasons that follow, we hold that appellant was deprived of her right to a fan-hearing when defendant-appellee, Mount Carmel Health (the “hospital”), departed from its own bylaws by failing to provide Dr. Christenson with information sufficient for her to respond to the allegations constituting…