Legal Opinion
Sithian v. Staten Island University Hospital
New York Supreme Court
Decided September 28, 2001PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Joseph J. Maltese, J.
This court awards the defendants statutory costs and attorneys’ fees in these consolidated retaliatory slander actions pursuant to the Health Care Quality Improvement Act of 1986 (HCQIA) found in 42 USC § 11101 et seq.
Facts
The actions arise out of a peer review of Nedunchezian Sithian, M.D. (Dr. Sithian), a vascular surgeon, by Staten Island University Hospital (SIUH). In November of 1993 Dr. Worth, the director of surgery at SIUH, sought an independent outside review of Dr. Sithian’s surgical cases due to a high incidence of morbidity and mortality…
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