BONNI v. ST. JOSEPH HEALTH SYSTEM

No. S244148.

11 Cal.5th 995 (2021)

491 P.3d 1058

281 Cal. Rptr. 3d 678

ARAM BONNI, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. ST. JOSEPH HEALTH SYSTEM et al., Defendants and Respondents.

Supreme Court of California.

July 29, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Greene, Broillet & Wheeler, Mark T. Quigley , Scott H. Carr , Christian T.F. Nickerson ; Esner, Chang & Boyer, Stuart B. Esner and Joseph S. Persoff for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Arent Fox, Lowell C. Brown , Debra J. Albin-Riley , Karen Van Essen and Diane Roldán for Defendants and Respondents.

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, Barry S. Landsberg , Doreen Wener Shenfeld and Joanna S. McCallum for Dignity Health, Sutter Health, Adventist Health, MemorialCare and Sharp Healthcare as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Respondents.

Horvitz & Levy, Jeremy B. Rosen , Felix Shafir , John F. Querio and Megan S. Wilson for California Hospital Association as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Respondents.

Francisco J. Silva , Stacey B. Wittorff , Joseph M. Cachuela ; Athene Law and Long X. Do for California Medical Association as Amicus Curiae.


OPINION

Under California law, hospitals must use a process of professional peer review to evaluate physicians' qualifications for medical staff privileges. (See Bus. & Prof. Code, §§ 805, 809-809.9.) Because the loss of privileges can significantly limit...

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