Legal Opinion · Dissent

Crawford Ex Rel. Goodyear v. Care Concepts, Inc.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin

Decided February 10, 2000No. 99-0863Published

1DissentRoggensack, J.

¶ 13. (dissenting). The majority concludes that the information requested in interrogatories 4 and 5, which relates to acts of D.D., is *619not the type of information protected by the privilege set forth within Wis. Stat. § 905.04, and therefore it affirms the order compelling discovery. I conclude that under Wis. Stat. § 146.82(1), records of the conduct of a patient who has dementia, a mental health problem, is as much a confidential health care record as is the recorded blood pressure of a hypertensive patient and that the court's order directing release of information collected about D.D.…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Franzen v. Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, Inc.Court of Appeals of Wisconsin · 1992
  2. House v. SwedishAmerican HospitalAppellate Court of Illinois · 1990
  3. In Re Mental Condition of Billy Jo W.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1994
  4. State v. AllenCourt of Appeals of Wisconsin · 1996

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