Miller v. St. Alphonsus Regional Medical Center, Inc.

EISMANN, Justice.

This is an appeal by a physician from a judgment entered by the district court after a court trial dismissing a complaint seeking to force the defendant hospital to grant the physician medical staff privileges and from the award of attorney fees to the hospital under Idaho Code § 12-120(3). We affirm the judgment of the district court and award attorney fees on appeal.

I. FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

On February 28, 1999, the plaintiff-appellant Stephen J. Miller (Dr. Miller) applied for medical staff privileges at the defendant-respondent St. Alphonsus Regional Medical Center,…