Regualos v. Community Hospital

Plaintiff appeals from the trial court’s grant of summary judgment in defendants’ favor. We affirm.

Plaintiff is a physician specializing in internal medicine and is on the staff of defendant hospital. In December, 1978, plaintiff requested the privilege of interpreting pulmonary function tests on his patients at the hospital. The hospital’s executive committee granted his request with the provision that a preceptor monitor plaintiff’s performance and report to the committee. Defendant Dr. Chihsing Chen was appointed preceptor.

Chen reviewed 79 pulmonary function tests performed by plaintiff…