Protecting His Patients

Jim represented a physician whose contract was terminated by the physicians group he worked for. The physician alleged he was retaliated against for refusing to make referrals of his patients to certain local specialists whose care he believed could harm his patients. The case was dismissed by the trial court because the physician's contract allowed dismissal without cause. The case was reinstated by the Supreme Court of Vermont. The physician’s decision, and the Supreme Court’s recognition of his right to be free of retaliation for protecting his patients, was featured in an article in the national medical journal, Medical Economics.