Lewis R. Pyle Memorial Hospital v. Superior Court

GORDON, Vice Chief Justice.

A petition for special action was filed on behalf of petitioners, Lewis R. Pyle Memorial Hospital, et al, on January 20, 1986. We accepted jurisdiction in order to review a pretrial ruling by respondent judge which held that civil pretrial depositions are not open to the public and which imposed monetary sanctions on petitioners. We have jurisdiction pursuant to Ariz. Const. art. 6 § 5(1).

The facts are as follows. David Bruce Gilbert, M.D., the real party in interest, had his staff privileges suspended at the Lewis R. Pyle Memorial Hospital based upon the findings…