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Appellate Court of Illinois: Reputational Harm Insufficient to Defeat Hospitals’ Immunity

[02/27/15]

Posted on February 27, 2015 in Litigation Analysis

Written by: Drew B. Howk

The Fourth District of the Appellate Court of Illinois reaffirmed that claims by a physician that a hospital’s failure to renew his privileges caused actual and intentional harm to his professional reputation are barred by the Illinois’s Hospital Licensing Act. Only claims alleging an actual or deliberate intention to physically harm the physician or others trump a hospital’s... READ MORE

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