SMITH V. SELMA COMMUNITY HOSPITAL Part-I
<script src="http://www.google-analytics.com/urchin.js" type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript"> _uacct = "UA-1698443-1"; urchinTracker(); </script> <html ><br /> <head><br /> <title>SMITH<br /> V</title><br /> </head><br /> <body><br /> <div><br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> <br /> <br/><b >SMITH <br /> V. </b><b >SELMA</b><b<br /> > </b><b<br /> >COMMUNITY</b><b<br /> > </b><b<br /> >HOSPITAL</b><b<br /> ></b><br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> <br /> <br/>Filed 9/1/10<br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> <br /> <br/><b<br /> ><u>CERTIFIED FOR PUBLICATION</u></b><br /> <br/>IN<br /> THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA<br /> <br/>FIFTH<br /> APPELLATE DISTRICT<br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> <br /> <table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0<br /> ><br /> <tr ><br /> <td width=360 valign=top ><br /> <br/>BRENTON R. SMITH,<br /> <br/> <br /> <br/>Plaintiff and<br /> Appellant,<br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> V.<br /> <br/> <br /> <br/>SELMA<br /> COMMUNITY HOSPITAL,<br /> <br/> <br /> <br/>Defendant and<br /> Respondent.<br /> <br/> <br /> </td><br /> <td width=274 valign=top ><br /> <br/> <br /> <br/>F057802<br /> <br/> <br /> <br/>(Super.<br /> Ct. No. 05CECG02293)<br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> <br /> <br/><b<br /> >OPINION</b><br /> </td><br /> </tr><br /> </table><br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> APPEAL<br /> from a judgment of the Superior Court<br /> of Fresno<br /> County. Mark Wood<br /> Snauffer, Judge.<br /> <br/> Andrews<br /> & Hensleigh, Barbara Hensleigh and John J. Aumer for Plaintiff and<br /> Appellant.<br /> <br/> Manatt,<br /> Phelps & Phillips, Barry S. Landsberg, Doreen W. Shenfeld and<br /> Joanna S. McCallum for Defendant and Respondent.<br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> The governing board of Selma<br /> Community Hospital<br /> (also SCH) terminated the hospital privileges of Brenton R. Smith, M.D.,<br /> and Smith filed a petition for writ of<br /> mandamus seeking to have his hospital privileges reinstated. Smith prevailed in the writ proceeding and<br /> also won when the hospital appealed. (<i<br /> >Smith v. </i><i<br /> >Selma</i><i<br /> > </i><i >Community</i><i > </i><i<br /> >Hospital</i><i<br /> > </i> (2008) 164 Cal.App.4th 1478 [superior court's<br /> issuance of writ affirmed].) After the<br /> appeal, Smith filed a motion for attorney fees pursuant to Business and<br /> Professions Code section 809.9.<sup><sup>[1]</sup></sup> The<br /> trial court denied the motion, and Smith appealed.<br /> <br/> Section 809.9 provides that the<br /> court shall award attorney fees â€