GOODSTEIN v. CEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER

No. B113235.

78 Cal.Rptr.2d 577 (1998)

66 Cal.App.4th 1257

Wallace A. GOODSTEIN, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. CEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER, Defendant and Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division Four.

September 29, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Horvitz & Levy, David M. Axelrad, and Sandra J. Smith, Encino, Latham & Watkins, Gordon D. Simonds, and Reba W. Thomas, Los Angeles, for Defendant and Appellant.

Herbert Papenfuss, Reseda, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


CHARLES S. VOGEL, Presiding Justice.

INTRODUCTION

Dr. Wallace A. Goodstein (Goodstein), a plastic surgeon, held staff privileges at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. The "Well-Being of Physicians Committee," a peer review committee whose purpose is to investigate claims that a physician has a substance abuse problem endangering patient safety, learned from several credible and unconnected sources about a potential problem with Goodstein. After evaluating the...

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