Hutton v. Memorial Hospital

Opinion by

Chief Judge STERNBERG.

After plaintiff, C.C. Hutton, a physician, was denied hospital staff privileges to perform cardiovascular surgery at Memorial Hospital, he brought this action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (1986) and alleged outrageous conduct and tortious interference with his profession. The defendants were the hospital, the city of Colorado Springs, which owned the hospital, its executive director, its board of trustees and the members thereof, and Dr. Edward Yee. The trial court entered summary judgment in favor of the defendants, and this appeal followed. We affirm.

The hospital…