Baptist Health v. Bruce Murphy

Summary

The court affirmed the judgment granting declaratory and injunctive relief on the physicians' tortious-interference claim, holding that Baptist waived its res judicata defense, that the policy was reviewable, and that the equitable claims did not carry a jury-trial right. It reversed the judgment on the Arkansas Deceptive Trade Practices Act claim because the statute authorizes a private action for actual damages and attorney's fees, but not private injunctive relief, and it affirmed the award of costs; the attorney-fee cross-appeal was moot. The concurring justice would reach the same res judicata result because the federal and state actions involved distinct claims and the intervenors lacked privity, rather than because Baptist waived the defense.