· 5/22/1979
Dade County Med. Ass'n v. Hlis
Citations
- 372 So. 2d 117
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- noting that subpoena seeking disclosure of confidential information may be quashed, modified, or subject to protective order
- noting that subpoena seeking disclosure of confidential information may be quashed, modified, or subject to protective order
- medical center, not a party litigation, protected by privilege although statute expressly limited to civil action against health care provider
- interest in confidentiality of ethic committee records outweighs asserted grounds for discovery
- “The non-applicability of the statutory privilege does not mean, however, that we may or should ignore the considerations of public policy which informed the enactment of the statute and of which we have spoken.”
- exercising discretion to permit pre-contempt review
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Judges: Hendry, Hubbart and Schwartz
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