Le Brocq v. Childs

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• recognizing conditional privilege for hospital’s evaluation of the performance of medical procedures and techniques by its staff
• hospital’s minutes and reports entitled to a qualified privilege on the basis of “overwhelming public interest”
• “The public interest may be a reason for not permitting inquiry into particular matters by discovery.”
• \[t]here is an overwhelming public interest in having [peer review proceedings] held on a confidential basis so that the flow of ideas and advice can continue unimpeded\
• minutes and reports of hospital medical staff review committee not discoverable
• minutes and reports of hospital medical staff review committee not discoverable

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).