Hamrick v. Charleston Area Medical Center, Inc.

In this ease we hold that meetings of a hospital’s Medical Staff Executive Committee are not immune from the purview of the Open Hospital Proceedings Act, W.Va.Code, 16-5G-1 to -7 [1999].

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Facts & Background

In the instant case, the Circuit Court of Kanawha County concluded, in an order dated February 24, 2006, that only meetings of the Board of Trustees of the Charleston Area Medical Center, Inc. (“CAMC”), the appellee and defendant below, could fall within the purview of the Open Hospital Proceedings Act (the “Hospital Act”), W.Va.Code, 16-5G-1 to -7 [1999]. The Hospital Act generally…