State ex rel. Kimberly Barks, Relator v. The Honorable Daniel Pelikan

SUPREME COURT OF MISSOURI en banc STATE ex rel. KIMBERLY BARKS, ) Opinion issued March 1, 2022 ) Relator, ) ) v. ) No. SC99024 ) THE HONORABLE DANIEL PELIKAN, ) ) Respondent. ) ORIGINAL PROCEEDING IN PROHIBITION Kimberly Barks petitions this Court for a writ of prohibition or mandamus to prevent the disclosure of her medical records. Barks contends the circuit court erred by ordering the release of her medical records because her records were protected by the physician- patient privilege. This Court agrees and holds Barks did not waive the physician-patient privilege by pleading the…