SMIGAJ v. YAKIMA VALLEY MEMORIAL HOSP.

No. 29415-3-III.

269 P.3d 323 (2012)

165 Wn. App. 837

Diana P. SMIGAJ, M.D. and Cascade Women's Healthcare Associates, P.L.L.C., Appellants, v. YAKIMA VALLEY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION, Richard W. Linneweh, Jr., an individual, Richard W. Linneweh, Jr. and Jane Doe Linneweh, Jr., a marital community, Roger Rowles, M.D., an individual, Carl Olden, M.D., an individual, and Carl Olden, M.D. and Jane Doe Olden, a marital community, Respondents.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 3.

January 10, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawrence Ronald Cock , Cable Langenbach Kinerk & Bauer LLP, Seattle, WA, Robert Nelson Meals , Law Office of Robert N. Meals PLLC, Langley, WA, for Appellants.

Greg Montgomery , Miller Nash LLP, Seattle, WA, for Respondents.


KULIK, C.J.

¶ 1 The Perinatal Quality Assurance Committee (PQAC), a peer review committee at Yakima Valley Memorial Hospital, recommended the suspension of Dr. Diana Smigaj's hospital privileges. Dr. Brian Padilla, the medical chief of staff, agreed, and notified Dr. Smigaj that her hospital privileges were suspended as of September 5, 2008. Dr. Smigaj's hospital privileges were reinstated by the medical executive committee (MEC) on September 16, subject to an...

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