· 10/4/1994
Bryan v. James Holmes Regional Medical Center
Citations
- 33 F.3d 1318
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- stating that HCQIA immunity is a question of law for the court to decide when the record becomes sufficiently developed
- stating that the intent of the HCQIA was to reinforce the court's traditional reluctance toward re-weighing the facts considered by peer reviewers
- stating that the intent of the HCQIA was to reinforce the court’s traditional reluctance toward re-weighing the facts considered by peer reviewers
- noting that the applicable test is objective, so that any putative bad faith is immaterial
- forbidding appellate courts from reweighing evidence considered by peer review panel or substituting its own judgment
- finding immunity where the action was taken in response to more than 50 written incident reports involving unprofessional or disruptive behavior including complaints regarding the physician's abusive treatment of nurses, technicians, and fellow physicians
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