U.S. District Court Denies Fair Hearing Based Upon Exclusive Contract
In Bocobo v. Radiology Consultants of South Jersey, et al, a federal district court granted summary judgment to the radiology group and hospital defendants on eleven counts including the denial of a medical staff hearing. The radiologist was employed by the radiology group and the exclusive contract between the hospital and the group provided that medical staff membership and clinical privileges were coterminous, and that the physician was not entiltled to a medical staff fair hearing if the termination resulted from termination of employment by the mecial group. 2005 U.S. Dist.LEXIS 29321.
