After Six Years of Litigation, Hospital and Parent Corporation Obtain Summary Judgment
After six years of litigation, Lash & Goldberg LLP obtained two partial summary judgments that resulted in the dismissal of the entire case against a Miami-Dade hospital and its national parent. The case, brought by six neonatologists, included claims for breach of contract, tortious interference with advantageous business relationships, violations of the antitrust statutes and injunctive and declaratory relief.
The court found that the hospital’s business decision to enter into an exclusive contract with other physicians and preclude the plaintiffs from utilizing their privileges did not implicate any rights to notice and a hearing for the precluded physicians. The court also found that the defendants had not interfered with any business relationships or violated antitrust law.