State Ex Rel. Calley v. Olsen

This is a proceeding for a peremptory writ of mandamus directing defendant, a circuit judge in Multnomah County, to issue a protective order to prevent the tailing of the deposition of the medical records custodian of Kaiser Hospital in Portland and the examination of its medical records relating to James J. Marandas, who died in a hospital in Klamath Falls following an automobile accident.

The death certificate of the decedent states that the cause of death was

“Fatal collapse four hours after auto crash probably due either to arteriosclerotic heart disease with acute myocardial infarct or…