The Supreme Court of Kentucky (the "Court") reversed a lower court's ruling, finding that a root cause analysis (RCA) report was protected by an amended portion of the state's peer review statute. The plaintiffs, the estate of Donald Patrick Reddington Sr., sued Jewish Hospital (the "Hospital")...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 30, Issue 8
The Supreme Court of Iowa (the "Court") recently ruled that evidence of prior malpractice lawsuits against a physician was admissible in a negligent credentialing lawsuit against a hospital because it was relevant to the hospital's credentialing decision.
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 30, Issue 7
The Ohio Court of Appeals, Eighth Appellate District (the “Court”), affirmed a lower court's judgment that a clinic could not claim peer review privilege to withhold documents it was being asked to produce in a malpractice case, nor could it claim that the documents were protected from discovery...
