Brownwood Regional Hospital v. Eleventh Court of Appeals

OPINION

The issue in these original proceedings is whether a hospital’s records relating to its initial grant of staff privileges to a physician are protected from discovery in a suit that alleges medical malpractice against the physician and negligent credentialing against the hospital. Because we hold that some of the documents at issue are privileged and are protected from discovery under section 5.06 of Texas Revised Civil Statute article 4495b and section 161.032 of the Texas Health and Safety Code, we conditionally grant a writ of mandamus.

Dr. Bruce Leipzig and Brownwood Regional…