ASHOKAN v. STATE, DEPT. OF INS.

No. 23788.

856 P.2d 244 (1993)

Annamalai ASHOKAN, M.D., Petitioner, v. The STATE of Nevada, DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE; Theresa Froncek Rankin, the Commissioner of Insurance, Respondents, and Joe Carter, Individually and as Special Administrator of the Estate of Shirley Carter, Deceased, Real Party in Interest.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

July 9, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Pico & Mitchell and James R. Rosenberger, Las Vegas, for petitioner.

David Goldwater, Peter L. Flangas, Las Vegas, for Real Party in Interest Joe Carter.

Rawlings, Olson & Cannon, Las Vegas, for amicus curiae University Medical Center and County Com'rs.

Vargas & Bartlett and Jeffrey J. Whitehead, Reno, for amicus curiae Nevada State Medical Ass'n.


OPINION

PER CURIAM:

Petitioner asks this court to issue a writ of prohibition or, in the alternative, mandamus to prohibit the use of a confidential report prepared by a hospital's quality assurance/peer review committee on the ground that this report enjoys a broad privilege against disclosure or admissibility into evidence. Although the petition suffers from a procedural defect, we nonetheless reach the merits of petitioner's contention. We deny...

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