KALISH v. MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL

No. 48488.

270 N.W.2d 783 (1978)

Jack KALISH, Respondent, v. Josephine Ngah-Man Lo, Respondent, MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL, Petitioner.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

September 22, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mahoney, Dougherty & Mahoney and Gary C. Reiter, Minneapolis, for petitioner.

Hvass, Weisman & King and Reed K. Mackenzie, Minneapolis, for Kalish.

Coulter, Nelson & Sullivan, Minneapolis, for Ngah-Man Lo.

Heard before PETERSON, SCOTT, and GODFREY, JJ., and considered and decided by the court en banc.


PETERSON, Justice.

Mount Sinai Hospital (the hospital), defendant in a medical malpractice action, petitions for a writ of prohibition to prevent discovery by plaintiff patient of certain guidelines prepared by one of its review organizations. The petition is denied.

The malpractice complaint of plaintiff, Jack Kalish, alleges that he underwent surgery at the hospital and that as part of postoperative care a Foley catheter was inserted in his bladder. During...

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