NO. MIAMI GEN. HOSP. v. ROYAL PALM BEACH COLONY

Case No. 81-456.

397 So.2d 1033 (1981)

NORTH MIAMI GENERAL HOSPITAL, a Florida Corporation, Petitioner, v. ROYAL PALM BEACH COLONY, INC., a Florida Corporation, Mona Lewis, and Phylis McLaughlin, a/K/a Phylis McLaughlin Ratsky, Respondents.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

May 12, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawrence & Daniels and Adam Lawrence, Miami, for petitioner.

Nathan & Williams and Martin L. Nathan, Miami, for respondents.

Before SCHWARTZ and FERGUSON, JJ., and EZELL, BOYCE F., Jr. (Ret.), Associate Judge.


SCHWARTZ, Judge.

North Miami General Hospital seeks certiorari review of an order which required it to answer an interrogatory concerning the contents of its admission records of patients not involved in the pending action. We conclude that the burdensomeness and possible breach of confidentiality involved in answering the interrogatory far outweigh the ephemeral advantage the respondent may achieve if a response is required. Accordingly, we quash the order under...

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