PIEDMONT HEALTHCARE, INC. v. Kowal

MCFADDEN, Judge.

This appeal is from a trial court’s order enjoining a hospital board’s decision to revoke a doctor’s clinical privileges. Because the injunction was based on an erroneous interpretation of the hospital’s bylaws, we reverse.

The record shows that a 17-year-old patient suffered a burn to his hand while undergoing a nasal surgical procedure performed by Dr. Keith Kowal at Piedmont Fayette Hospital. After an investigation of the incident, the hospital’s Medical Executive Committee recommended that Kowal’s clinical privileges be revoked. Pursuant to Kowal’s request, the decision of…