Legal Opinion
Ott v. St. Luke Hospital of Campbell County, Inc.
District Court, E.D. Kentucky
Decided September 23, 1981No. 6:06-misc-00016PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
BERTELSMAN, District Judge.
This case requires this court to employ the broad policy-creating powers granted to it by Rule 501 of the Federal Rules of Evidence to determine whether a privilege for the deliberations of public hospital peer review committees, which determine doctors’ applications for staff privileges, is desirable under “the principles of the common law as they may be interpreted ... in the light of reason and experience.” 1
Facts
The plaintiff, Douglas E. Ott, M.D., has filed this 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action against St. Luke Hospital of Campbell County, Kentucky,…
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