Rittenhouse v. Superior Court

Opinion

PUGLIA P. J.

—Wilma M. Rittenhouse (petitioner) is the administrator of the estate of Albert Leonard White (Albert). Petitioner moved in the superior court to quash several deposition subpoenas issued and served by real party in interest Leland Stanford Junior University (Stanford) seeking Albert’s medical records in the hands of hospitals and physicians. The motion to quash was denied. Petitioner contends that disclosure of the records in question would violate the physician-patient and psychotherapist-patient privileges, and that the superior court erred in refusing to quash the…