LEGAL DOCUMENT

Case: Charles J. COFONE et al. v. The WESTERLY HOSPITAL et al.
Citation: 469 A.2d 369
Court: Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Jurisdiction: Rhode Island
Decision Date: 1983-11-17
Docket Number: No. 83-508-M.P.
Pages: 369–369
Volume: 469
Reporter: West's Atlantic Reporter, Second Series

Parties: Charles J. COFONE et al. v. The WESTERLY HOSPITAL et al.

Charles J. COFONE et al. v. The WESTERLY HOSPITAL et al.
No. 83-508-M.P.
Supreme Court of Rhode Island.
Nov. 17, 1983.
Dennis J. McCarten, Hanson, Curran & Parks, Providence, for petitioner.
Edward J. Mulligan, Pawtucket, for respondent.

ORDER
The petition for writ of certiorari is granted. Before transmitting the record to this court, however, the Superior Court is directed to conduct a hearing, and to make findings of fact and conclusions of law, on the issue of whether the Medical Staff Infection Control Committee of the Westerly Hospital is a “peer review board” as that term is defined in G.L.1956 (1976 Reenactment) § 5-37.1-l(j). Following said hearing, the record may be transmitted in accordance with the writ.