Roy v. Bledsoe Community Hospital, Inc.

OPINION

MOORE, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff-Appellee Dr. Francis Roy (“Roy”) entered a fixed-term employment contract with Defendant-Appellant Bledsoe Community Hospital, Inc. (“Hospital”). Pursuant to the contract, Roy was obligated to provide some emergency room coverage. Initially, he covered the emergency room during the daytime on weekdays only when he would be on-call in the evening, but he subsequently agreed to do so even when he was not on-call in the evening. According to Roy, he provided such coverage on a temporary, voluntary basis, as a favor to the Hospital. According to the Hospital,…