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Florida Attorney General Reports

Decided February 21, 1978Published

1Opinion of the Court

Joseph H. Davis, M. D. Chairman Medical Examiners' Commission Miami

QUESTIONS:

1. Are records which are otherwise privileged and confidential and thus exempt from public disclosure required to be made public by the fact that they are received pursuant to the Medical Examiners Act, ss. 406.12, 406.13, and 406.14, F. S.?

2. Do medical examiners' records, prepared pursuant to Ch. 406, F. S., of deaths under active investigation and felt to be caused by criminal conduct fall under the exception to Ch. 119, F. S., recognized for `police investigative records'?

SUMMARY:

Autopsy reports made pursuant to…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. DENVER PUBLISHING COMPANY v. DreyfusSupreme Court of Colorado · 1974
  2. People v. Preston, New York County Courts1958
  3. James P. Caswell v. The Manhattan Fire & Marine Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1968
  4. Lee v. Beach Publishing Co.Supreme Court of Florida · 1937
  5. State Ex Rel. Veale v. City of Boca RatonDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1977

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