A nonprofit hospital physician who was investigated by the state medical licensing board following termination of his employment is entitled to have his legal costs covered pursuant to the indemnification clause in the hospital’s bylaws, the Supreme Judicial Court of Maine has ruled. The Court has rejected the hospital’s defense of immunity from civil liability for reporting to the board as required by law. Daniel R. Lalonde was terminated by the Central Maine Medical Center in 2012. As a result of the hospital’s report to the licensing board about its “concerns about his clinical competence and behavior,” the board initiated an investigation of Lalonde. It later terminated the...