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COHLMIA v. ST. JOHN MEDICAL CENTER

No. 12-5188.

749 F.3d 1175 (2014)

George S. COHLMIA, Jr., M.D., and Cardiovascular Surgical Specialists Corp., an Oklahoma corporation, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. ST. JOHN MEDICAL CENTER, William Howard Allred, M.D., and William Burnett, M.D., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

April 21, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rabindranath Ramana , Calvert Law Firm, Oklahoma City, OK, ( Randall K. Calvert , Calvert Law Firm, Oklahoma City, OK, and Michael K. Barkett , The Barkett Law Firm PLLC, Tulsa, OK, with him on the briefs), for Appellants.

William H. Spitler , McDonald, McCann & Metcalf, LLP, Tulsa, OK, ( James W. Conner, Jr. , Richards & Connor, PLLP, Tulsa, OK, with him on the brief), for Appellees.

Before HARTZ, O'BRIEN, and TYMKOVICH, Circuit Judges.

TYMKOVICH, Circuit Judge.

Dr. George Cohlmia appeals the district court's decision to award attorney's fees to St. John Medical Center as provided by the Health Care Quality Improvement Act of 1986 ("HCQIA"). Finding that the district court did not abuse its discretion in awarding attorney's fees under the Act, we AFFIRM.

I. Background

This case arises from two surgeries performed by Dr. Cohlmia, a cardiovascular and thoracic surgeon at St. John...

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