State Ex Rel. Dalton v. Mundy

The issue in this case is whether the Director of Institutions and Departments of Milwaukee County and the Administrator of the Milwaukee County General Hospital are required by sec. 19.21, Stats., 1 the public records statute, to permit a citizen to examine certain requested records maintained by the Milwaukee County General Hospital. The trial court held that the hospital records requested in the petition were within the ambit of the public records statute. We agree.

The facts briefly stated are as follows:

Joan Dalton sought to inspect hospital records concerning policies and practices of…