Legal Opinion
In Re Texas Department of State Health Services
Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)
Decided September 18, 2008No. 03-05-00626-CVPublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
W. KENNETH LAW, Chief Justice.
Relator Texas Department of State Health Services (the “Department”) has filed a petition for writ of mandamus, seeking relief from a third-party discovery order compelling the Department to disclose information related to its investigation of an outbreak of typhoid fever in 2003. Because the information subject to the discovery order is confidential and protected from disclosure, we conditionally grant the Department’s petition.
BACKGROUND
The underlying dispute concerns Real Party in Interest Mark Elliott’s claims against an Austin restaurant that arose…
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