Jordan v. Honorable Court of Appeals for the Fourth Supreme Judicial District

McGEE, Justice.

This is an original mandamus action. Relator, the Honorable V. Murray Jordan, Judge of the 198th Judicial District Court in which the underlying cause of action is pending, determined that various medical documents were not privileged and ordered production. Relator now petitions this court to issue a writ of mandamus directing the Court of Appeals for the Fourth Supreme Judicial District to rescind its order finding most of the documents protected from discovery. We conditionally grant the relief requested.

Chelsea Ann McClellan died September 17, 1982 while under the medical…