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EYRING v. FORT SANDERS PARKWEST MED. CEN.

991 S.W.2d 230 (1999)

Edward J. EYRING, Individually and for the benefit of Edward J. Eyring, M.D., P.C., Appellant, v. FORT SANDERS PARKWEST MEDICAL CENTER, INC. and Fort Sanders Alliance, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Knoxville.

April 19, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John K. King, Alan M. Parker, Lewis, King, Krieg, Waldrop & Catron, P.C., Knoxville, For the Appellant.

Marc E. Overlock, Angela Washington, Tennessee Medical Association, Nashville, For Amicus Curiae, Tennessee Medical Association.

Foster D. Arnett, Rick L. Powers, Dan D. Rhea, Arnett, Draper and Hagood, Knoxville, For Appellees.

William B. Hubbard, Weed, Hubbard, Berry and Doughty, Nashville, For Amicus Curiae, Tennessee Hospital Association.

OPINION

ANDERSON, C.J

We granted this appeal primarily to determine whether hospitals are entitled to qualified immunity from liability for damages under the Tennessee Peer Review Law, Tenn.Code Ann. § 63-6-219 (1997). Other issues include whether there was a genuine issue of material fact as to whether the hospital's actions were in good faith and without malice and on the basis of facts reasonably known or reasonably believed to exist and whether...

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