Tort – Defamation – Peer review privilege

Once Extremely Rare, Defamation Cases Continue Cropping Up in the Press – the Question Is ‘Why?’

Tort – Defamation – Peer review privilege

Where a plaintiff surgeon who was reported to the National Practitioner Data Bank as an immediate threat to the public has alleged defamation and a violation of the Health Care Quality Improvement Act, the complaint must be dismissed because the HCQIA does not create a private cause of action, while the plaintiff’s defamation claim is barred by the Massachusetts peer review privilege.