Samaritan Health System v. Superior Court

OPINION

LANKFORD, Judge.

Samaritan Health System petitioned for special action relief from a Superior Court order requiring public disclosure of Samaritan’s documents. Samaritan had surren*220dered the documents to the Office of the Attorney General in connection with a grand jury investigation. We previously accepted jurisdiction of the special action and granted relief. This opinion explains the basis for our decision.

The Attorney General asked Samaritan to produce its internal audit report regarding reputed improprieties in the operation of Samaritan’s corporate construction department.…