VAKHARIA v. SWEDISH COVENANT HOSP.

No. 97-4235.

190 F.3d 799 (1999)

Usha VAKHARIA, M.D., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SWEDISH COVENANT HOSPITAL, Nancy Loeber, M.D., Demetrius A. Trakas, M.D., et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided September 9, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Allen E. Shoenberger, Loyola University School of Law, Chicago, IL; John F. O'Meara (argued), Chicago, IL, for Usha Vakharia.

Edwin E. Brooks, Paul A. Haskins (argued), Thomas J. Meier, Katten, Muchin & Zavis, Chicago, IL, for Swedish Covenant Hospital, Nancy Loeber, Demetrius A. Trakas, Michael Plunkett and Loren Dardi.

Scott T. Kragie, Squire, Sanders & Dempsey, Washington, DC, for American Society of Anesthesiologists, Louis Blancato, Charles Vacanti and Ronald Wender.

Before CUDAHY, COFFEY and DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judges.


CUDAHY, Circuit Judge.

Usha Vakharia worked as an anesthesiologist at Swedish Covenant Hospital (SCH) from 1974 until 1989 when her hospital privileges were terminated ostensibly because of a lack of quality in her care of her patients. Vakharia filed a seven-count complaint against SCH and other defendants alleging, among other things, discrimination on grounds of race, national origin, sex and age. The district court entered summary judgment in favor of the defendants...

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