Rea v. Pardo
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Denman, J.
This appeal requires us to determine the nature and scope of the physician’s duty of confidentiality, specifically, whether a patient’s authorization for disclosure of his medical records to his attorney for the purpose of investigating a malpractice claim justifies the physician’s disclosure of those records to his liability insurer. We hold that the lawyer’s request for the records in accordance with his client’s authorization justifies the physician in forwarding them to his carrier.
This action was instituted by Shirley Rea, as executrix of the estate of her…
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