Ridgeview Institute, Inc. v. Brunson

Banke, Presiding Judge.

The appellee, William. O. Brunson, sued to obtain a judicial declaration that he is entitled to access to certain medical records in the possession of the appellant, Ridgeview Institute, Inc. The complaint alleged that a former psychiatric patient at Ridgeview, Harold P. Cronic, shot and wounded the appellee, shot and killed the appellee’s wife, and then shot and killed himself shortly after receiving treatment there; that the appellee “firmly believes” under the circum*609stances that he has a cause of action against Ridgeview under the theory of liability set forth in…