Fiore v. Lynch

OPINION

The plaintiffs, a group of former Providence firefighters who are receiving disability pensions, appealed the denial by the Superior Court of their motion to quash subpoenas for their medical records. The subpoenas were issued by a committee of the Providence City Council (council) to the Providence Retirement Board of the Employees’ Retirement System (board). The plaintiffs had refused to release their medical records to said committee.

This controversy arose when the council, pursuant to a resolution approved on September 11, 1992, established a Standing Committee (committee) on the…