Goodrich v. Sierra Vista Reg'l Med. Center
Annotate this CasePlaintiff, a board certified obstetrician and gynecologist who was appointed to Sierra Vista’s medical staff, was denied reappointment to her position due to alleged concerns about her fitness for practice. In this appeal, plaintiff contends that her filing of three motions attempting to relitigate the trial court's final judgment denying her petition for writ of administrative mandate challenging Sierra Vista's decision to terminate her, does not make her a vexatious litigant. The court concluded that substantial evidence supports the trial court's finding where the trial court, after denying the second motion, admonished plaintiff that she could be declared a vexatious litigant “if similar unsubstantiated motions continue to be filed without any reasonable likelihood of success.” Because plaintiff failed to heed this admonition, the court affirmed the judgment.
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