Stanley M. Pariser, M.D. v. Christian Health Care Systems, Inc.

This case is before us for the second time. It arises out of the suspension of the medical staff privileges of the plaintiff, Dr. Stanley M. Pariser, at the Southern Medical Center in Cairo, Illinois, which, before it closed, was a hospital managed by defendant Christian Health Care Systems, Inc. On the former appeal, we rejected most of Dr. Pariser’s theories of recovery but held in his favor on a breach-of-contraet claim. In particular, we determined that one member of the committee which suspended Dr. Pariser was biased against him, and that such partiality or bias amounts to a breach of…