Baptist Health v. Circuit Court of Pulaski County

Tom Glaze, Justice.

Baptist Health, doing business as Baptist Health Rehabilitation Institute (BHRI), has petitioned this court for a writ of certiorari directed to the Circuit Court of Pulaski County. BHRI contends that the circuit court has acted in excess of its jurisdiction in ordering it to disclose certain documents that the hospital contends are privileged.

Respondent, 79-year-old Evelyn Reichen, presented to the emergency room at Baptist Hospital in Little Rock on November 4, 2004, after injuring her shoulder in a fall in a parking lot. She was admitted to the hospital and underwent…