Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

Feb 28, 2017 Robin Meadow, Jeffrey E. Raskin Anti-SLAPP Law

GMSR Wins Affirmance Of Anti-SLAPP Ruling

Melamed v. Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (2017) 8 Cal.App.5th 1271. A physician sued a hospital and some doctors, alleging that the summary suspension of his medical staff privileges was motivated by retaliatory animus. The Court of Appeal affirmed the dismissal of the suit under the anti-SLAPP statute. On the first

Feb 28, 2017 Robin Meadow, Jeffrey E. Raskin Anti-SLAPP Law

Melamed v. Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (Oct. 6, 2017, B263095) 2017 WL 4510849

GMSR wins affirmance of anti-SLAPP ruling

Aug 22, 2014 Jeffrey E. Raskin, Robin Meadow Anti-SLAPP Law

Adams v. Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (Aug, 22, 2014, B247957) 2014 WL 4162789 [nonpublished opinion]

Court of Appeal affirms application of anti-SLAPP statute to summary suspension of medical staff privileges

Jan 23, 2008 Robin Meadow, Alana H. Rotter Civil Procedure, Healthcare Law

Krishnan v. Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (Jan. 23, 2008, B194755) 2008 WL 186652 [nonpublished opinion]

Defendants moved for summary judgment on a medical malpractice claim. Plaintiff filed his opposition more than a week late, asking the trial court to excuse the lateness because of an unspecified calendaring error by his counsel’s office. The trial court denied the request and granted

Feb 13, 2007 Robin Meadow

Tolwin v. Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (Feb. 13, 2007, B184632) 2007 WL 451245 [nonpublished opinion]

Jens Koepke and Robin Meadow secured an affirmance in this medical staff privileges case. It arose from the summary suspension and eventual termination of staff privileges for a psychiatrist at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, with a peer review process that lasted almost four years. The Court

Jan 24, 2005 Robin Meadow Civil Procedure, Healthcare Law, Tort Litigation

McCormick-Gordon v. Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (Jan. 24, 2005, B172622) 2005 WL 236558 [nonpublished opinion]

Propriety of rejecting medical malpractice expert’s testimony on the basis of the expert’s lack of qualifications and his failure to provide a reasonable basis for his opinions

Nov 17, 2004 Robin Meadow Healthcare Law

Frankel v. Cedars-Sinai Foundation (Nov. 17, 2004, B170399) 2004 WL 2601543 [nonpublished opinion]

Admissibility of evidence and various jury-trial issues in medical malpractice action

Sep 09, 2004 Robin Meadow Healthcare Law

Hayes v. Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (Sept. 9, 2004, B166463) 2004 WL 2005438 [nonpublished opinion]

Medical staff privileges; extent of right to fair procedure” in connection with initial application”

Aug 19, 2003 Civil Procedure

Bray v. Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, 2003 Cal.App. Unpub. LEXIS 7844

Dismissal as discovery sanction

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