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STERNBERG v. NANTICOKE MEMORIAL HOSP., INC.

No. 47, 2010.

15 A.3d 1225 (2011)

Richard J. STERNBERG, M.D., Plaintiff Below, Appellant, v. NANTICOKE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, INC., Daniel J. Werner, John Appiott, D.O., Angel Alicea, M.D., Harry Anthony, M.D., Christopher Roberts, M.D., Joseph Karnish, D.O., Victor DeJesus, M.D., Louis F. Owens, Jr., M.D., Richard Simons, D.O., Judith Tobin, M.D., James Rupp, M.D., Thomas Benz, M.D., Marie Wolfgang, M.D., and Stephen Carey, M.D., Defendants Below, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Delaware.

Decided: March 15, 2011.

Reargument Denied April 7, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel F. Wolcott, Jr., Esquire and Sarah E. DiLuzio, Esquire , of Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, Delaware. Of Counsel: Kevin E. Raphael, Esquire (argued) and Christopher A. Iacono, Esquire , of Pietragallo Gordon Alfano Bosick & Raspanti, LLP, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for Appellant.

David R. Hackett, Esquire (argued), of Griffin & Hackett, P.A., Georgetown, Delaware, for Appellees.

Before STEELE, Chief Justice, HOLLAND, BERGER, JACOBS, and RIDGELY, Justices, constituting the Court en Banc.

BERGER, Justice:

This appeal addresses the immunity granted to doctors and other health care providers under the federal Health Care Quality Improvement Act of 19861 (HCQIA) and a related state statute, the Delaware Peer Review Act2. Appellant, an orthopedic surgeon, challenges a precautionary suspension imposed by the Medical Executive Committee (MEC) of Nanticoke Memorial Hospital. To be valid under federal...

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