AVERY v. KNOPF

No. 90-SC-472-MR.

807 S.W.2d 55 (1991)

Tracy L. AVERY, Appellant, v. William KNOPF, Judge, Jefferson Circuit Court James C. Nicholson, Special Judge, Jefferson Circuit Court, Appellees. Sisters of St. Francis Health Services, Inc., etc. and Dr. James D. Charasika.

Supreme Court of Kentucky.

As Amended May 14, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald H. Smith, Smith & McGee, Louisville, for appellant.

W. Gregory King, Ogden, Sturgill & Welch, Louisville, for appellee, Dr. James D. Charasika.

Frank P. Doheny, Jr., Jann B. Logsdon, Susan R.H. Gernert, Woodward, Hobson & Fulton, Louisville, for appellee, St. Anthony Hosp.

Charles J. Cronan IV, Kelly Mark Easton, Stites & Harbison, Louisville, amicus curiae, Kentucky Medical Ass'n.

Edgar A. Zingman, Susan B. Turner, Candace A. Shaughnessy, Carole D. Christian, Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs, Louisville, amicus curiae, Kentucky Hosp. Ass'n.


SPAIN, Justice.

This is an appeal as a matter of right from an order of the Court of Appeals denying appellant's petition for a writ of prohibition. The writ was sought to be directed to appellees as judges of the Jefferson Circuit Court seeking to prevent their continued enforcement of protective orders quashing appellant's motions to compel production of peer review documents.

The discovery mentioned above was sought by appellant in her medical negligence...

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