Roby v. Fairfield Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, L.L.C.

I join Justice Murdock’s dissenting opinion; I agree completely with his analysis. In addition, I offer the following observations. These petitions present the Court with the critical issue whether it should displace the trial court’s determination, made in the exercise of its sound discretion,5 that Fairfield was not entitled to the *455privilege against discovery afforded by Ala.Code 1975, § 22-21-8. I recognize that the information sought by the respondents might ultimately be discoverable through discovery attempts directed at the original sources of the information even if Fairfield is…