PONCA CITY HOSPITAL, INC. v. MURPHREE

No. 48130.

545 P.2d 738 (1976)

PONCA CITY HOSPITAL, INC., Appellant, v. James W. MURPHREE, M.D., Appellee.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

Rehearing Denied February 17, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen M. Blaes, Gen. Counsel, Ponca City Hospital, Inc., Wichita, Kan., McAfee Taft, Mark, Bond, Rucks & Woodruff by Joseph G. Rucks and Philip D. Hart, Oklahoma City, for appellant.

Crowe, Dunlevy, Thweatt, Swinford, Johnson & Burdick by L.E. Stringer and Clyde A. Muchmore, Oklahoma City, for appellee.


DOOLIN, Justice.

This appeal presents the question whether the action of a private hospital in revoking staff privileges of a physician is subject to judicial review. The plaintiff appellee is a physician who has been a member of the radiology staff at the Ponca City Hospital (Hospital) for nearly twenty years. In November of 1974, plaintiff was notified by letter from the chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Hospital Corporation that his medical staff privileges...

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