Patterson v. Superior Court

*929Opinion

FEINBERG, J.

This petition, brought by parents suing for the wrongful suicide death of their son, challenges an order requiring disclosure of the decedent’s medical and psychiatric records pertaining to treatment by other facilities before his referral to the facility where the suicide occurred. The trial court accepted the defense argument that by bringing the wrongful death action petitioners tendered the issue of decedent’s medical and psychiatric condition. We sustain the trial court’s ruling.

The complaint in the underlying action alleges that when decedent Steven Patterson was…