Knapp v. Palos Community Hospital

This litigation arises from the termination by defendant, Palos Community Hospital (Palos), of the medical staff privileges of the plaintiffs, William B. Knapp, M.D., Francisco Lopez, M.D., and Hugh Savage, M.D. This is the second appeal arising from this litigation. A different panel of this division of the Appellate Court, First District, previously held that the trial court had abused its discretion in granting plaintiffs a preliminary injunction prohibiting Palos from denying them reappointment to its medical staff because plaintiffs had not shown a likelihood of success on the merits.…