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HAMRICK v. CHARLESTON AREA MEDICAL CENTER

No. 33107.

648 S.E.2d 1 (2007)

R.E. HAMRICK, Jr., M.D., Plaintiff Below, Appellant, v. CHARLESTON AREA MEDICAL CENTER, INC., Defendant Below, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

Decided: March 1, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Karen H. Miller, Esq., Mark S. Weiler, Esq., Richard W. Walters, Esq., Miller, Weiler, Walters & Elswick, Charleston, for Appellant.

James S. Crockett, Jr., Esq., Spilman, Thomas & Battle, Charleston, for Appellee.

STARCHER, J.

In this case we hold that meetings of a hospital's Medical Staff Executive Committee are not immune from the purview of the Open Hospital Proceedings Act, W.Va.Code, 16-5G-1 to -7 [1999].

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Facts & Background

In the instant case, the Circuit Court of Kanawha County concluded, in an order dated February 24, 2006, that only meetings of the Board of Trustees of the Charleston Area Medical Center, Inc. ("CAMC...

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