Legal Opinion
John R. Ulrich, Jr., M.D. v. City and County of San Francisco Laguna Honda Hospital Maria v. Rivero, M.D. Theresa Berta, M.D. Melissa Welch, M.D.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided October 11, 2002No. 01-15717PublishedCited by 399 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FISHER, Circuit Judge.
In 1998, after nearly 10 years of service at Laguna Honda Hospital (“hospital”) as a physician, John R. Ulrich, Jr., M.D., began protesting a decision by the San Francisco Department of Health to lay off a class of physicians at the hospital. He was not in the affected classification. Soon after, Dr. Ulrich received notice that he was being investigated by the hospital for professional incompetence. He subsequently resigned in protest over the layoffs, but, upon learning that his resignation might generate an adverse action report to state and federal authorities,…
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