Hicks v. Talbott Recovery System, Inc.

BIRCH, Circuit Judge:

This appeal concerns the validity of an alcoholic physician patient’s release used by an addiction recovery facility to send to a state medical licensing board psychiatric and psychological treatment records, including sensitive sexual disclosures. The jury rendered a verdict in the physician’s favor, and the district judge denied post-trial motions for judgment as a matter of law and a new trial. We affirm.

I. BACKGROUND

In October, 1993, plaintiff-appellee, Dr. Raymond D. Hicks, was employed as an internist by Baylor University Medical Center (“Baylor”) in Dallas, Texas,…