Landmark Victories
Fenton Nelson has been widely recognized as a leader in the area of health care law. While we obtain favorable decisions on behalf of our clients on almost a weekly basis, some of our most well known decisions are enshrined in California law:
2009
Bode v. Los
Angeles Metropolitan Medical Center (2009) 174 Cal. App. 4th 1224 (medical staff may not sanction or discipline
physicians for wrong doing unless they prove the charges with a preponderance
of the evidence)
2007
In Re Pomona Valley Medical Group, Inc., 476 F.3d 665 (9th
Cir. 2007) (establishing the right of physicians to pursue state law
claims against a healthcare network that had filed for bankruptcy)
2006
Hayes
vs. Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (establishing the right of a physician to a
hearing when his application for staff privileges was denied)
2003
Sahlolbei v. Providence Healthcare, Inc. (2003) 112 Cal. App. 4th 1137 (establishing rights of physician to pre-termination hearing)
2002
San Joaquin Hospital vs. Pacificare (Cal. App. 2002) (reversing trial court decision in favor of HMO and against hospital and reinstating a lawsuit for more than eight million dollars in damages)
2000
Potvin v. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co. (2000) 22 Cal.4th 1060 (establishing provider right to fair hearing prior to removal from managed care panel)
Grier vs. Department of Health Services (2000) (limiting the right of the Department of Health Services to audit physicians unfairly and impose extrapolated recoupments)
1999
Florence Western Medical Clinic vs. Coye (establishing that physicians may be entitled to avoid Medi-Cal repayment actions in cases where the Department delays)
