Heinemann v. Mitchell

This case is before the court on the application for advice and instructions filed with the court by Miss Edna Todd, notary public, who is acting as commissioner at the taking of depositions.

Defendant is taking the deposition of the record librarian of the Good Samaritan Hospital and seeks to compel the production of the plaintiff’s hospital records while a patient at the hospital. Plaintiff objects to the production of the records on the ground that they contain privileged communications between plaintiff and her physician.

By consent of the parties, photographic copies of the original…