Hellenga v. Pratt

Mary K. Hellenga appeals from a judgment of a single justice of this court denying her petition for relief pursuant to G. L. c. 211, § 3. We affirm.

Hellenga commenced an action in the Superior Court seeking a court order directing Janey S. Pratt, a physician who had performed surgery on Hellenga, to provide Hellenga with a detailed statement of the surgery and Hellenga’s current gastrointestinal anatomy for use by other surgeons. A judge “order[ed] that [the] plaintiff may obtain a complete copy of her medical records from Dr. Pratt and the hospital where her surgery was performed. The…