PYRAMID LIFE INS. CO. v. GLEASON HOSPITAL

No. 42,116

188 Kan. 95 (1961)

360 P.2d 858

PYRAMID LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, a Corporation, Appellant, v. GLEASON HOSPITAL, INC., a Corporation, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Kansas.

Opinion filed April 8, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wendell S. Holmes, of Hutchinson, argued the cause, and Roscoe E. Peterson and Russell L. Strobel, both of Larned, were with him on the briefs for the appellant.

W.H. Vernon and Vincent G. Fleming, both of Larned, argued the cause and were on the briefs for the appellee.


The opinion of the court was delivered by

SCHROEDER, J.:

This is an action by an insurance company against a hospital for money damages and a mandatory injunction to compel the hospital to permit the insurance company to review and copy the hospital records of the insurance company's policyholders who have been patients in the hospital.

The third amended petition was challenged by a demurrer on several grounds, but was sustained by the trial court...

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