BAPTIST HEALTH SYSTEMS v. RUTLEDGE

No. CV-15-616.

488 S.W.3d 507 (2016)

2016 Ark. 121

BAPTIST HEALTH SYSTEMS, Mercy Health System, and Washington Regional Medical Center, Appellants/Cross-Appellees v. Leslie RUTLEDGE, Arkansas Attorney General; Arkansas Department of Health; and Nathaniel Smith, MD, MPH, Director, Appellees/Cross-Appellants.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

Opinion Delivered: March 17, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard, P.L.L.C., Little Rock, by: Megan D. Hargraves , for appellants.

Leslie Rutledge , Att'y Gen., by: Bourgon B. Reynolds , Ass't Att'y Gen., for appellees.

Mitchell, Blackstock, Ivers, Sneddon & Marshall, PLLC, Little Rock, by: Emily Sneddon and Michael W. Mitchell , amicus curiae in support of appellees.

Elisa White , Vice President and General Counsel, Arkansas Hospital Association, amicus curiae in support of appellants.


At issue in this appeal is Act 766 of 2013, known as the Arkansas Peer Review Fairness Act (the Act). Act of Apr. 5, 2013, No. 766, 2013 Ark. Acts 2890 (codified at Ark.Code Ann. § 20-9-1301 (Repl. 2014)). Before the Pulaski County Circuit Court, the case was decided on competing motions for summary judgment...

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