Freeman v. Piedmont Hospital

Cooper, Judge.

Appellees are Piedmont Hospital; Hulett C. Sumlin, the hospital administrator; and Dr. Walter H. Butler, the chairman of the hospital’s Department of Anesthesiology and a member of its Credentials Committee. Appellants, an anesthesiologist (“Dr. Freeman”) and his professional corporation, brought this action against appellees to recover damages stemming from a letter sent by the hospital administrator to the Composite State Board of Medical Examiners (“the Board”) after Dr. Freeman voluntarily resigned from the medical staff of the hospital. On appeal, appellants challenge a…