A Manhattan surgeon is likely to learn soon whether he and his fellow physicians have the right in state law to sue individuals who report them in bad faith for misconduct to a statewide panel, after the highest state court in New York heard arguments on that question Wednesday.

The New York Court of Appeals was asked to consider that question by the Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals, which is currently weighing such a lawsuit.

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