Medical staff granted right to sue hospital over bylaws

The Supreme Court of Minnesota has granted the medical staff of a nonprofit hospital the right to sue the hospital board over a disputed change in the medical staff bylaws imposed by the hospital board without approval of the physicians.  In a case of “first impression,” the Court reversed decisions by the trial court and an intermediate appellate court holding that the staff could not sue as a separate body, and that the bylaws were not an enforceable contract.