Tibbs v. Bunnell

Opinion of the Court by

Justice SCOTT.

Appellants, Phillip Tibbs, M.D., Joel E. Norman, M.D., and Barrett W. Brown, M.D., petitioned the Court of Appeals for a writ of prohibition directing the Fayette County Circuit Court to prohibit the production of an “incident” or “event” report created after the death of patient Luvetta Goff, arguing that it fell within the federal privilege created by the Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act of 2005 (“PSQIA” or “the Act”), 42 U.S.C.A. § 299b-21 et seq. The Court of Appeals granted Appellants the writ, but Appellants appealed to this Court as a…