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OTT v. ST. LUKE HOSPITAL OF CAMPBELL COUNTY, INC.

Civ. A. No. 80-138.

522 F.Supp. 706 (1981)

Douglas E. OTT, M.D., Plaintiff, v. ST. LUKE HOSPITAL OF CAMPBELL COUNTY, INC., Defendant.

United States District Court, E. D. Kentucky, Covington Division.

September 23, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kurt A. Philipps, Covington, Ky., for plaintiff.

John E. Lange, III, Newport, Ky., Frederick Brockmeier, IV, Cincinnati, Ohio, for defendant.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

BERTELSMAN, District Judge.

This case requires this court to employ the broad policy-creating powers granted to it by Rule 501 of the Federal Rules of Evidence to determine whether a privilege for the deliberations of public hospital peer review committees, which determine doctors' applications for staff privileges, is desirable under "the principles of the common law as they may be interpreted ... in the light of reason and experience...

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