Prentiss E. SMITH, M.D.
v.
OUR LADY OF THE LAKE HOSPITAL, INC., d/b/a Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center, Kenneth C. Cranor, M.D., A. Foster Sanders, M.D., Donald R. Cowick, M.D., W. Howard Kisner, M.D., M.J. Rathbone, Jr., M.D., Louis P. Laville, Jr., M.D., B. Eugene Berry, M.D., W. Redfield Bryan, M.D., Mr. Sidney Duplessis, Mr. W.H. LeBlanc, Jr., Mr. Roland Toups, Mr. Robert Davidge, and Others Whose Identities and/or Roles Are Unknown to Plaintiff at This Time.
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July 5, 1994.
Rehearing Denied September 15, 1994.
Statement Concurring in Denial of Rehearing September 15, 1994.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Thomas MacDougall Womack, Durrett, Hardin, Hunter, Dameron & Fritchie, Tom F. Phillips, Lloyd Joseph Lunceford, Taylor, Porter, Brooks & Phillips, Leon Gary, Jr., Gary, Field, Landry & Bradford, Baton Rouge, for applicant.
Kevin Patrick Monahan, Baton Rouge, for respondent.
Robert L. Roland, Randall Louis Champagne, Baton Rouge, for amicus curiae LA Hosp. Ass'n.
Thomas M. Hayes, Jr., Bruce McKamy Mintz, Monroe, for amicus curiae St. Francis Medical Center.
Donna Guinn Klein, Monica Ann Frois, New Orleans, for amicus curiae St. Francis Cabrini Hosp. of Alexandria, St. Patrick Hosp. of Lake Charles and Schumpert Medical Center of Alexandria.
Harmon F. Roy, Philip E. Roberts, Lafayette, for amicus curiae Our Lady of Lourdes Regional Medical Center.
Peter J. Butler, Donna Di Martino Fraiche, New Orleans, for amicus curiae American Hosp. Ass'n.
Charles Fenner Gay, Jr., Cristina Romig Wheat, Ralph H. Wall, New Orleans, for amicus curiae Alton Ochsner Medical Foundation.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
HALL, Justice.*
This suit arises out of a hospital's termination of a cardiovascular surgeon's staff privileges for incompetence and unprofessional misconduct. The surgeon, Dr. Prentiss E. Smith, sued the hospital, Our Lady of the Lake Hospital, Inc., d/b/a Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center ("OLOL"); various members of the hospital's executive committee and board of trustees; his chief...
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