Supreme Court of Delaware
Richard J. Sternberg, M.d., Below v. Nanticoke Memorial Hospital, Inc., Daniel J. Werner, John Appiott, D.o., Angel…
March 15, 201183 A.L.R. Fed. 2d 637
Summary
The court affirmed summary judgment granting immunity to the hospital and participating health-care providers under federal and Delaware peer-review immunity statutes. It held that the physician failed to produce evidence from which a reasonable jury could find that the precautionary suspension lacked a reasonable basis, given his longstanding disruptive conduct, repeated warnings, and violation of hospital rules. The court reversed the approximately $285,000 attorney-fee award because the physician's claims were not unreasonable or brought in bad faith.