ST. FRANCIS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL v. SUPERIOR COURT

Docket No. A043051.

205 Cal.App.3d 438 (1988)

252 Cal. Rptr. 380

ST. FRANCIS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL et al., Petitioners, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO, Respondent; JOANNE DEATHERAGE, Real Party in Interest.

Court of Appeals of California, First District, Division Three.

October 25, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

James C. Martin, John E. Dittoe, Kathy M. Banke and Crosby, Heafey, Roach & May for Petitioners.

No appearance for Respondent.

Robert U. Bokelman, William L. Jacobson and Cartwright, Slobodin, Bokelman, Borowsky, Wartnick, Moore & Harris for Real Party in Interest.


OPINION

MERRILL, J.

St. Francis Memorial Hospital (St. Francis) seeks the protection of Evidence Code section 1157 for minutes, correspondence and other documents of its medical staff committees and subcommittees. Section 1157 protects the proceedings of hospital medical staff committees, but the trial court has applied an exception which requires disclosure to "any person requesting hospital staff privileges." We conclude that the...

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