State Ex Rel. Chandra v. Sprinkle

RENDLEN, Chief Justice.

Original proceeding in mandamus by which relator Ingrid Chandra, next friend of Anjali Kathryn Chandra, seeks to require the respondent trial judge, in an underlying medical malpractice action, to compel discovery of records of peer review and other committees in the possession of defendant Independence Sanitarium and Hospital. Relator argues the records are relevant to the treatment provided her infant daughter and to evaluation of the facilities and staff of the Hospital’s emergency room and, therefore, are subject to discovery under Rule 56.1 The Hospital’s position…