Bogdan v. Peekskill Community Hospital

OPINION OF THE COURT

Donald N. Silverman, J.

Background

This action for breach of contract concerns the summary suspension of plaintiff, an anesthesiologist, by defendant hospital on March 29, 1989. The hospital had alleged departures from good and accepted medical practice in nine distinct patient cases. It was Dr. Bogdan’s position that there were no departures, other than some minor omissions or errors in charting, none of which would justify a summary suspension.

As called for in the hospital bylaws, a series of meetings and hearings ensued, culminating on April 9, 1991 when the suspension…