State Ex Rel. Benoit v. Randall

DONNELLY, Judge.

This is an original action in prohibition.

Dr. Terry E. Lilly, Jr., filed a suit in the Circuit Court of Jackson County, Missouri, against Drs. Benoit, Williams and Hoadley. He contends in Count I of his petition that Benoit, Williams and Hoadley conspired to reduce his privileges on the staff of Re search Hospital and Medical Center. See Cowan v. Gibson, Mo.Sup., 392 S.W.2d 307. He alleges, in part, that they maliciously “discriminated against plaintiff by applying a different standard of medical and surgical practice to the care of his patients than was applied to the care of…