Legal Opinion
Virmani v. Novant Health Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided August 1, 2001No. 00-2423PublishedCited by 45 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Affirmed by published opinion. Judge SMITH wrote the opinion, in which Judge WIDENER and Judge LUTTIG joined.
OPINION
SMITH, District Judge:
Novant Health, Incorporated (“Novant”) appeals an order of the district court denying its motion for protective order and granting in part Dr. Ashutosh Ron Virma-ni’s motion to compel records related to medical peer reviews. Novant argues that the documents Virmani seeks to discover are privileged. Because we decline to recognize a privilege for medical peer review materials, we affirm the order of the district court.
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