CHIN v. KAUIKEOLANI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL

Civ. No. 74-88.

445 F.Supp. 1375 (1978)

Jimmy K. V. CHIN, M.D. and Swee Fong Chin, Plaintiffs, v. KAUIKEOLANI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL, a Hawaii Hospital Corporation aka Children's Hospital, S. L. Hammar, M.D., Individually and as Director of Training of the Department of Pediatrics at Children's Hospital, Marian Melish, M.D., Individually and as a member of the Pediatric Residency Review Committee, Sharon Bintliff, M.D., Individually and as a member of the Pediatric Residency Review Committee, Alistair Philip, M.D., Individually and as a member of the Pediatric Residency Review Committee, Raquel M. Hicks, M.D., Individually and as a member of the Pediatric Residency Review Committee, Sorrel Waxman, M.D., Individually and as a member of the Pediatric Residency Review Committee; Paul E. Cook, Individually and as Administrator and Secretary of Kauikeolani Children's Hospital, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Hawaii.

March 6, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph A. Ryan, Ryan & Ryan, Honolulu, Hawaii, for plaintiffs.

Peter C. P. Char, Mary L. Hudson, Cades, Schutte, Fleming & Wright, Honolulu, Hawaii, for defendants Kauikeolani Children's Hospital, Hammar, Melish, Bintliff, Philip, Hicks, Cook.

John F. Perkin, Hoddick, Reinwald, O'Connor & Marrack, Honolulu, Hawaii, for defendant Waxman.


DECISION AND ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANTS' MOTIONS FOR ATTORNEYS' FEES AND COSTS

SAMUEL P. KING, Chief Judge.

Dr. Jimmy K. V. Chin and his wife, Swee Fong Chin, brought this action after Dr. Chin's allegedly wrongful termination from a pediatrics residency program at the Kauikeolani Children's Hospital. Relying in part on some relationship between the Program and the University of Hawaii School of Medicine, Dr...

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