Legal Opinion
Bollengier v. Doctors Medical Center
California Court of Appeal
Decided July 30, 1990No. Docket Nos. F012076, F012062PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
FRANSON, P. J.
Statement of the Case and Facts
On July 20, 1988, real party in interest Doctors Medical Center (DMC) summarily suspended all of petitioner Dr. William E. Bollengier’s medical staff privileges. Petitioner, a cardiothoracic surgeon, had been on the DMC medical staff for 12 years. The suspension notice stated, “In general, the reasons for this suspension are that your inability to work with others in the hospital presents a real and substantial danger to patient care.”
The suspension was authorized by Raymond Shamp, M.D., and J. Douglas Dent, the chief executive officer of…
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