A judge has found a northeast Missouri hospital board guilty of 'gross violations' of the Sunshine Law and voided all the actions taken during illegal closed meetings in August 2022. Circuit Judge Rick Roberts also ruled that Scotland County Hospital must pay a civil fine of $5,000 and attorneys fees to its former CEO, Dr. Randy Tobler. Tobler sued the hospital in March 2023, alleging he had been slandered, the target of a conspiracy to remove him and that the board vote to fire him was done at a meeting that violated the Sunshine Law. The slander and conspiracy counts were dismissed from his lawsuit, and a trial was held in September on the Sunshine Law violations.
