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ROBINSON v. MAGOVERN

Civ. A. No. 77-75.

456 F.Supp. 1000 (1978)

John N. ROBINSON, Plaintiff, v. George J. MAGOVERN, Cardiothoracic Surgical Associates, Inc., Allegheny General Hospital, and Henry G. Allyn, Jr., Gay E. Bodick, Fred Brand, Jr., Henry Chalfant, Ronald R. Davenport, Harry Edelman, III, Harry M. Epstein, William H. Genge, W. R. Krome George, R. Burt Gookin, Thomas C. Graham, Kenneth C. Hewitt, John A. Huffman, Jr., B. F. Jones, III, Bernard H. Jones, Caryl M. Kline, Richard K. Means, Francis B. Nimick, David B. Oliver, II, Robert B. Pease, G. Harton Singer, III, Elizabeth A. Smith, W. P. Snyder, III, Leonard A. Swanson, W. Bruce Thomas and Paul H. Weyrauch, Individually and as Trustees of Allegheny General Hospital, Defendants.

United States District Court, W. D. Pennsylvania.

September 12, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roslyn Litman and John E. Grasberger, Litman, Litman, Harris & Spector, Pittsburgh, Pa., for plaintiff.

Judd N. Poffinberger, Jr., and David L. McClenahan, Kirkpatrick, Lockhart, Johnson & Hutchison, Pittsburgh, Pa., for defendants Allegheny General and its Trustees.

David B. Buerger and Robert Frantz, Buchanan, Ingersoll, Rodewald, Kyle & Buerger, Pittsburgh, Pa., for defendants Magovern and Cardiothoracic Associates.

OPINION

SNYDER, District Judge.

Suit was brought by Dr. John N. Robinson for denial of staff privileges against Dr. George J. Magovern, Director of the Department of Surgery and Chief of Thoracic Surgery at Allegheny General Hospital; Cardiothoracic Surgical Associates, Inc. (CTSA), a professional corporation of physicians specializing in cardiothoracic surgery; Allegheny General Hospital (AGH) and its Trustees, individually and as Trustees. Dr. Robinson...

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