Legal Opinion
Cynthia B. v. New Rochelle Hospital Medical Center
New York Court of Appeals
Decided December 1, 1983PublishedCited by 117 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Chief Judge Cooke
When a party moves to compel discovery of medical records, in this case psychiatric records, a treating hospi*455tal, physician or other institution who is custodian of the records may request a protective order on the ground that disclosure of all or part of the record may be seriously detrimental to the interests of the patient, to uninvolved third parties, or to an important program of the custodian of the records, notwithstanding a valid waiver of the physician-patient privilege. In the present case, the custodian hospital failed to establish any detriment…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Allen v. Crowell-Collier Publishing Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1968
- Koump v. SmithNew York Court of Appeals · 1969
- Prink v. Rockefeller Center, Inc.New York Court of Appeals · 1979
- Mulligan v. StateNew York Court of Appeals · 1951
- Gotkin v. MillerDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1974
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3Cited by117 opinions
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- Herbst v. BruhnAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1984
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