Collins v. Braden

Opinion of the Court by

Justice NOBLE.

The Appellant Vanda Collins asks this Court to reverse the Court of Appeals’ decision granting a writ of prohibition stopping the Whitley Circuit Court from ordering the disclosure of various documents that Baptist Regional Medical Center, an Appellee and the Real Party in Interest, claims are protected by the attorney-client privilege. The Court of Appeals found that the documents were privileged and granted the writ. Because the hospital has failed to show that the privilege applies, the Court of Appeals’ order is reversed.

I. Background

On April 22, 2008,…