Legal Opinion
Bol v. Cole
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided March 13, 1997No. C9-95-2124PublishedCited by 55 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ANDERSON, Justice.
Gerald E. Bol commenced a defamation action against Autumn Cole and Range Mental Health Center, Inc. (RMHC) for releasing to a minor patient’s mother and her attorney reports of child abuse naming a “Dr. Bol” as the alleged abuser. The district court granted Cole and RMHC’s motion for summary judgment, holding that Cole and RMHC were absolutely privileged to release copies of the child abuse reports to the child’s mother and her attorney because the reports were health records subject to release under the Health Records Act, Minn.Stat. § 144.335 (1992). The court of…
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