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Hospital Notices 100 Medical Malpractice Claims Against Surgeon
Category: Desperate Defendants
A surgeon with over 100 medical malpractice lawsuits pending against him is upset because the hospital lifted his privileges. He claims the actions of the hospital interfered with his relationship with his patients. It looks to me like the interference comes about 99 patients too late.
Lawsuit against hospital by ex-surgeon dismissedA federal judge has dismissed a former Putnam General surgeon's lawsuit against the hospital.
U.S. District Judge Robert C. Chambers dismissed on Wednesday the lawsuit by Dr. John A. King, who has more than 100 medical malpractice lawsuits pending against him for his surgeries at Putnam General between November 2002 and June 2003.
Putnam General removed King from its staff after the hospital conducted its own internal investigation of his surgical operations.
In his ruling, Chambers ... rejected King's claim that Putnam General violated "due process" procedures by removing him from its staff. Because Putnam General is not a state or government agency, King could not file a "due process" claim, the judge said.
Chambers dismissed King's "breach of contract" claim, stating that hospital and medical staff bylaws "do not constitute a contract between the hospital and its personnel."
Chambers also dismissed King's claim that Putnam General interfered with his contractual and business relationships with the hospital and with individual patients. Chambers said Putnam General was not an "outside party" that could have interfered with those relationships.
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