Rao v. Auburn General Hospital

Andersen, J

Facts of Case

Dr. Charumati Rao appeals from a judgment of the trial court denying her request for staff privileges at the Auburn General Hospital and asking damages because of the hospital's refusal to grant her such privileges.

This same case was previously before us in Rao v. Auburn Gen. Hosp., 10 Wn. App. 361, 517 P.2d 240 (1973). There we extensively reviewed the law as it pertains to judicial review of a hospital's denial of staff privileges to a doctor. Notable among the decisions reviewed were Group Health Cooperative v. King County Medical Soc'y, 39 Wn.2d 586, 237 P.2d 737…