Pyramid Life Insurance v. Gleason Hospital, Inc.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Schroeder, J.:

This is an action by an insurance company against a hospital for money damages and a mandatory injunction to compel the hospital to permit the insurance company to review and copy the hospital records of the insurance company’s policyholders who have been patients in the hospital.

The third amended petition was challenged by a demurrer on several grounds, but was sustained by the trial court on only one ground — that the petition fails to state facts sufficient to constitute a cause of action “for any permanent injunction, mandatory or…