State v. Orwick

Walters, Judge.

{¶ 1} Nonparty appellants, Blanchard Valley Regional Health Center, Dr. Donald Evert, M.D., and Daniel King, an independent social worker licensed by the state of Ohio (collectively “appellants”), appeal from a Hancock County Common Pleas Court judgment ordering the disclosure of a document relating to statements by defendant, James A. Orwick, concerning incidents in which Orwick allegedly sexually abused his stepdaughters. The trial court found that the document fell within an exception provided by R.C. 2317.02(G)(1)(a) for state ments indicative of clear-and-present danger to…