Philips v. Pitt Cnty. Mem’l Hosp., Inc. – Aug. 2015 (Summary)

Philips v. Pitt Cnty. Mem’l Hosp., Inc., No. COA14-1372 (N.C. Ct. App. Aug. 4, 2015)

The Court of Appeals of North Carolina affirmed an award of attorney’s fees to a defendant hospital and several physicians against a plaintiff physician.

The plaintiff physician filed a lawsuit against the hospital and physicians after his privileges were revoked. The trial court held in favor of the hospital and physicians and awarded attorney’s fees. The physician appealed that award, but the court of appeals affirmed the award of attorney’s fees, finding that there was competent evidence to support the claim that the lawsuit was frivolous and malicious and that the claims stemmed from a common nucleus of fact.