Castle v. SHERBURNE CORPORATION

This is a civil action in which the trial court granted plaintiff Shirley Castle permission to take an interlocutory appeal from a discovery order directing the production of certain medical documents. The tangled procedural history of this case demands that the facts be fully set forth.

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In December 1977, plaintiff brought a personal injury action against the defendant ski area alleging negligence and breach of warranty in the rental of ski equipment. On April 28, 1978, defendant served plaintiff with a V.R.C.P. 34 request to produce seeking, inter alia:

Copies of medical records and reports…