Pierce v. Penman

JOHNSON, Judge:

In this case we consider whether a patient, with a history of emotional problems known to her physicians, may recover compensatory and punitive damages from those physicians for severe emotional distress suffered when the physicians repeatedly refused to turn over to the patient copies of her medical records under circumstances where the physicians conceded that the patient was legally entitled to receive promptly copies of her medical records.

Appellee, Cheryl C. Pierce (hereinafter referred to as “patient” or “Appellee”), filed an equity complaint on January 19, 1981 against…