St. Joseph Medical Center, Inc. v. Cardiac Surgery Associates, P.A.

JOHN C. ELDRIDGE, J.,

Retired, Specially Assigned.

This case involves a challenge to a trial court’s discovery order requiring the production of several internal hospital documents. The documents consist of e-mails, correspondence, letters, and testimony by hospital staff, regarding incidents which staff members believed should be investigated by a medical review committee, ie., a peer review group which monitors the quality of health services at the hospital. At issue is whether the documents are protected by the medical review committee privilege, which shields records, proceedings and files…