State Ex Rel. Savinski v. Kimble

Donald Savinski appeals an order quashing a writ of mandamus issued under § 19.37(1), Stats. Savinski argues that the denial of his request for his patient treatment records under Wisconsin's open records law,- §§ 19.31 to 19.39, STATS., was inadequate and, therefore, the writ should not have been quashed by the trial court. He also argues that the trial court erred by failing to conduct an in camera inspection of the records. We conclude the written denial of his request was sufficient under § 19.35(4)(a) and (b), STATS.; access to the records was properly denied under § 51.30(4)(d)l,…