Casting the discovery net too wide: defense attempts to disclose nonparty medical records in a civil action.
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Imagine that you are a parent who has just filed a negligence suit on behalf of your child. Although not a party to the suit, the defense seeks the release of your personal medical, psychiatric, and school records to challenge your child’s claims of causation. It is not unreasonable that your initial reaction would be surprise or even shock given that such practices threaten to invade your most intimate and personal information. Yet, these types of practices by civil defense teams are becoming widespread as a means to support alternative theories of causation. For example, in Bogues v. 354 E. 21st Street Realty Corp., Ms. 1 2
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Specialty law digest. Health care law
دوره 277 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2002