Applebaum v. Board of Directors of Barton Memorial Hospital

Opinion

REYNOSO, J.

A private hospital board (hereinafter Hospital) appeals from a judgment granting a doctor’s petition for a writ of administrative mandamus (Code Civ. Proc., § 1094.5) compelling restoration of his obstetrical staff privileges. The hospital asserts the vitality of the peer review concept. Its principal argument is that the trial court erred in its conclusion that the hospital procedures are impermissibly unfair. We affirm the judgment.

I

Plaintiff is a licensed physician and a board certified family practitioner. He began private practice in the South Lake Tahoe area in 1976,…