Mitchell v. Knox County Fiscal Court

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• noting that “a few district courts have recognized a peer-review privilege in cases involving federal claims that were analogous to state medical-malpractice claims”
• listing district and circuit courts that have declined to recognize a federal peer and/or care review privilege
• declining to recognize a peer review privilege in the context of civil investigation of allegedly faulty health care billing
• summarizing some protections from liability for participants in the peer-review process under the Health Care Quality Improvement Act of 1986 but finding none of these protections create a discovery privilege

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