Private Healthcare Systems, Inc. v. Torres, No. 24589 (Conn. App. Ct. Sept. 7, 2004)

The Appellate Court of Connecticut held that an arbitration award ordering a PPO to reinstate a rehabilitated surgeon to its roster did not violate public policy because the physician no longer posed a threat to the PPO or the community. The physician had previously been disciplined by the state and also charged with making phone calls accessing credit card information from confidential patient records and making phone calls to adult entertainment telephone numbers utilizing that information. The criminal charges were later dismissed, and the physician was neither discharged nor suspended from practice by the hospital where he practiced or the state.