STATE EX REL. STINSON v. House

PATRICIA BRECKENRIDGE, Judge.

Introduction

William Stinson was ordered by the trial court to execute a medical records authorization to release his healthcare records in a wrongful death action filed against him and his parents. This Court granted Mr. Stinson’s request for a preliminary writ of prohibition preventing the trial court from compelling execution of the authorization. Because the trial court abused its discretion by ordering Mr. Stinson to sign a medical records authorization permitting disclosure of his medical records that are protected by the physician-patient privilege, the…