Leider v. Beth Israel Hospital Ass'n

Consideration of the papers before us leaves no doubt as to the correctness of the decision, rendered below, granting summary judgment to the defendant dismissing the complaint and, in view of the comprehensive opinion at Special Term, we may be very brief.

The defendant hospital’s constitution and the by-laws of its medical board, when road in context, indisputably establish that the plaintiff, a surgeon, has no vested right to the use of the hospital’s facilities for the care and treatment of his private patients. More specifically, his successive annual appointments effected no contractual…