Long v. Chelsea Community Hospital

In this action alleging that a private hospital revoked medical staff privileges with malice, plaintiffs appeal by right the order granting defendants’ motion for summary disposition under MCR 2.116(C)(8) and (C)(10). This case raises an issue of first impression: whether MCL 331.531; MSA 14.57(21) creates a private cause of action for malice. Because no such cause of action exists, we affirm.

In 1979, plaintiff Reuel S. Long, M.D., accepted defendant Chelsea Community Hospital’s offer to become the Director of Anesthesia and Operating Room Services, a staff position. Defendant hospital is a…