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

Head Matter:
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.

Opinion:
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.