Palm Springs Medical Clinic, Inc. v. Desert Hospital

MEMORANDUM OF DECISION AND ORDER

This is an action by Palm Springs Medical Clinic, Inc., doing business as Palm Springs Medical Center (“PSMC”), against Desert Hospital (“Desert”); Peter Tynberg, M.D.; and Charles J. Supple, M.D. PSMC is a private corporation providing medical services in the Palm Springs, California area (Complaint ¶ 4). Tynberg is Chief of Staff and Chairman of the Medical Executive Committee at Desert and a member of Eisenhower Medical Center (“EMC”), another general hospital in the Palm Springs area that directly competes with PSMC (id. ¶ 5). Supple is a member of the medical staff at Desert and a principal beneficiary of the Sunrise Associates Trust, the owner-lessor of the land upon which PSMC’s main office is located (id. ¶ 6).

PSMC alleges that Desert, Tynberg, and Supple conspired to injure PSMC and eliminate it as a competitive provider of medical services in the Palm Springs area (id. 1114). Specifically, PSMC alleges that the defendants hindered the initial credentialing of PSMC physicians at Desert and EMC; hindered the granting of staff privileges to PSMC physicians at Desert and EMC; interfered with PSMC’s efforts to recruit new physicians;…