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· 5/22/2015

in Re Memorial Hermann Hospital System Memorial Hermann Physician Network Michael MacRis, M.D. Michael MacRis, M.D., P.A. And Keith Alexander

Citations

  • 464 S.W.3d 686
  • 58 Tex. Sup. Ct. J. 975
  • 40 I.E.R. Cas. (BNA) 323
  • 2015 Tex. LEXIS 464
  • 2015 WL 2438752

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  • stating that the party seeking to avoid discovery has the burden to establish the existence of the privilege
  • noting that federal antitrust law informs application of Texas Free Enterprise Act
  • noting that “conflicts between general and specific provisions favor the specific”
  • noting that “conflicts between general and specific provisions favor the specific”
  • using the rules of statutory construction to determine whether the anticompetitive action exception to the medical peer review privilege applied
  • finding provisions irreconcilable because “a record or proceeding is either confidential or not; it cannot be both”

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Judges: Willett

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