Legal Opinion

Community Hospital Ass'n v. DIST. CT., ETC.

Supreme Court of Colorado

Decided September 26, 1977No. 27719PublishedCited by 37 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Groves

In this original proceeding we were asked to vacate and set aside an order of the respondent court in which the petitioner (the Hospital) was ordered to produce medical records. We issued a rule to show cause. The matter is now at issue, and we discharge the rule.

The respondent Cortez brought an action, which is now pending, against Ruben Brochner, M.D., and the Hospital. She alleged that the defendant physician fraudulently and negligently advised her in November of 1968 that she had a brain tumor which required immediate surgery; that the doctor negligently performed an unneeded craniotomy…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. City & County of San Francisco v. Superior CourtCalifornia Supreme Court · 1951
  2. Costa v. Regents of University of CaliforniaCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1953
  3. Rudnick v. Superior CourtCalifornia Supreme Court · 1974
  4. Osterman v. EhrenworthNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1969
  5. Hyman v. Jewish Chronic Disease HospitalNew York Court of Appeals · 1965

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3Cited by37 opinions

  1. Clark v. District Court, Second Judicial District, City & County of DenverSupreme Court of Colorado · 1983
  2. People v. TaylorSupreme Court of Colorado · 1980
  3. People v. DeadmondSupreme Court of Colorado · 1984
  4. Parkson v. Central DuPage HospitalAppellate Court of Illinois · 1982
  5. People v. District Court in & for the City & County of DenverSupreme Court of Colorado · 1986

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