Bennett v. Kent County Memorial Hospital

OPINION AND ORDER

MARYM. LISI, Chief Judge.

The question before this Court is whether the Rhode Island peer-review privilege, set forth in R.I. Gen. Laws §§ 23-17-25(a) and 5-37.3-7(c), applies in a medical negligence case in which the plaintiff has raised claims under the federal Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1395dd, as well as Rhode Island state law claims. The plaintiff, Lisa Bennett (“Bennett”), as Administratrix of the Estate of Ann Hall (“Hall”), has appealed from a magistrate judge’s order denying the plaintiffs motion to compel deposition testimony by the…