State Ex Rel. Oregon Health Sciences University v. Haas

In this original mandamus proceeding, relator seeks a peremptory writ of mandamus that would protect from discovery an investigatory report prepared by its lawyer. Relator is Oregon Health Sciences University (OHSU), and defendant is a Multnomah County Circuit Court judge before whom a case involving relator is pending. At issue is whether a statement about the lawyer’s report, made by the chair of OHSU’s Anesthesiology Department during a faculty meeting, waived the lawyer-client privilege. For the reasons that follow, we hold that no waiver occurred. Because the report is protected by the…