Grande v. Lahey Clinic Hospital, Inc.

In connection with an action for breach of contract, fraudulent misrepresentation, intentional interference with *78advantageous business relations, defamation, and other wrongs,2 the plaintiff, Donald J. Grande, M.D., sought to depose Mary Maloney, M.D. She had been retained by Lahey Clinic Hospital, Inc. (Lahey), one of the primary defendants, as an out-of-state consultant to a Lahey peer review committee that was appraising the professional work of Dr. Grande in a number of specifically identified cases. Lahey sought a protective order on the ground that G. L. c. 111, §§ 204(a) and 205,…