Melamed v. Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (2017) 8 Cal.App.5th 1271. A physician sued a hospital and some doctors, alleging that the summary suspension of his medical staff privileges was motivated by retaliatory animus. The Court of Appeal affirmed the dismissal of the suit under the anti-SLAPP statute. On the first
GMSR wins affirmance of anti-SLAPP ruling
Court of Appeal affirms application of anti-SLAPP statute to summary suspension of medical staff privileges
Defendants moved for summary judgment on a medical malpractice claim. Plaintiff filed his opposition more than a week late, asking the trial court to excuse the lateness because of an unspecified calendaring error by his counsel’s office. The trial court denied the request and granted
Jens Koepke and Robin Meadow secured an affirmance in this medical staff privileges case. It arose from the summary suspension and eventual termination of staff privileges for a psychiatrist at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, with a peer review process that lasted almost four years. The Court
Propriety of rejecting medical malpractice expert’s testimony on the basis of the expert’s lack of qualifications and his failure to provide a reasonable basis for his opinions
Admissibility of evidence and various jury-trial issues in medical malpractice action
Medical staff privileges; extent of right to fair procedure” in connection with initial application”
Dismissal as discovery sanction
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