Brende v. Hara

In this original proceeding, petitioners Phillip Brende and Dolores Brende (petitioners), as plaintiffs in Civil No. 05-1-0108 (the underlying litigation), petition this court for a writ of mandamus directing Glenn S. Hara, judge of the third circuit court (the respondent judge), to revise a medical information protective order to prohibit any person or entity from disclosing, for purposes outside the underlying litigation and without petitioners’ consent, petitioners’ health information produced in discovery. Petitioners contend that the privacy provision of the Hawaii Constitution, article…