A hospital’s medical executive committee—the group of high-ranking doctors in a hospital that  generally decide who gets privileges and who doesn’t—can be sued as an entity separate from the hospital, a federal judge has ruled, pointing to a “clear trend” in New Jersey law.

U.S. District Judge Robert Kugler of the District of New Jersey, sitting in Camden, said a medical executive committee is a legal entity that can be subject to a lawsuit.

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