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DISCUSSION

A. Dhillon v. John Muir Health

Dhillon involved two doctors working in the Bay Area’s John Muir Hospital system. (Dhillon, supra, 2 Cal.5th at p. 1112.) Following a conflict between the two physicians, hospital supervisors ordered the offending doctors to either mediate their dispute or, in the alternative, attend anger management courses. (Ibid.) Dhillon refused, leading hospital administrators to warn him that if he did not comply the hospital would suspend his “clinical privileges” for almost two weeks. (Ibid.) After the hospital denied further administrative review, Dhillon brought a petition for writ of administrative mandamus in the Superior Court. (Ibid.) The trial court partially granted the writ, ordering the hospital to offer Dhillon further internal evaluation of his discipline; the hospital appealed. (Id. at p. 1113.) The Court of Appeal dismissed the case stating, “ ‘The superior court’s order

All further undesignated statutory references are to the Code of Civil Procedure. 3 remanding the matter to John Muir Health is not a final, appealable order.’ ” (Ibid.) On review, our Supreme Court addressed appealability of the superior court’s ruling by…