Chavez v. LOVELACE SANDIA HEALTH SYSTEM, INC.

OPINION

SUTIN, Chief Judge.

{1} In this medical malpractice action, Defendant Lovelace Sandia Health System, Inc. appeals from a contempt order entered by the district court. We address whether the district court erred in imposing a punitive sanction against Defendant for refusal to comply with a discovery order that required Defendant to produce documents Defendant claimed were immune because they contained information generated and obtained exclusively for peer review purposes. We also address whether the court erred in imposing a punitive sanction against Defendant for seeking interlocutory…