Bhandari v. Washington Hospital CA1/5
In August 2008, Bhupinder Bhandari, M.D., then chief of staff-elect at Washington Hospital in Fremont, appeared in a documentary film critical of the hospital. His participation generated intense and open conflict with hospital administrators, physicians, and other staff members. He was censured and removed from office.
Bhandari sued the hospital and several related entities and individuals, alleging, inter alia, retaliation. Defendants filed a motion to strike pursuant to the anti-SLAPP statute (Code Civ. Proc., § 425.16), which was denied. In a prior appeal, we reversed and remanded for further proceedings, holding that Bhandari’s claims arose from protected activity because they arose from hospital peer review proceedings. (See Bhandari v. Washington Hospital Group (June 22, 2011, A128457) [nonpub. opn.] (Bhandari I).) On remand, the trial court granted the motion in part and dismissed Bhandari’s causes of action for defamation, wrongful termination and emotional dist
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