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NATARAJAN v. DIGNITY HEALTH

No. S259364.

11 Cal.5th 1095 (2021)

SUNDAR NATARAJAN, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. DIGNITY HEALTH, Defendant and Respondent.

Supreme Court of California.

August 12, 2021.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Law Offices of Stephen D. Schear, Stephen D. Schear ; Justice First, Jenny Chi-Chin Huang ; and Tara Natarajan for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, Barry S. Landsberg , Doreen Wener Shenfeld , Joanna S. McCallum and Craig S. Rutenberg for Defendant and Respondent.

Davis Wright Tremaine and Terri D. Keville for John Muir Health, Adventist Health, Kaiser Foundation Hospitals, MemorialCare Health System, Providence St. Joseph Health, Sharp Healthcare and Sutter Health as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Respondent.

Arent Fox, Lowell C. Brown , Sarah Benator and Diane Roldán for California Hospital Association as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Respondent.

Nossaman, Rosenberg, Shpall & Zeigen, Carlo Coppo ; Patrick K. Moore Law Corporation, Patrick K. Moore ; Hanson Bridgett, Glenda M. Zarbock ; James R. Lahana ; and John D. Harwell as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Respondent.

Horvitz & Levy, H. Thomas Watson , Peder K. Batalden and Joshua C. McDaniel for Scripps Health and Regents of the University of California as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Respondent.

Francisco J. Silva , Long X. Do and Joseph M. Cachuela for California Medical Association as Amicus Curiae.

Freeman Mathis & Gary, Marc J. Shrake ; and Joseph P. Wood for American Academy of Emergency Medicine as Amicus Curiae.

OPINION

Under California's peer review statute, a hospital must afford a physician a fair hearing before revoking the physician's staff privileges. (Bus. & Prof. Code, § 809 et seq.) A panel of the physician's peers generally serves as the trier of fact at these proceedings. Proceedings before a peer review...

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