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BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB CO. v. HANCOCK

No. 14-96-00455-CV.

921 S.W.2d 917 (1996)

BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB COMPANY, Relator, v. The Honorable Patricia HANCOCK, Judge, 113th Judicial District, Harris County, Texas, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Houston (14th Dist.).

May 16, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles W. Lyman, Carla Powers Herron, Peter E. Strand, Houston, for relator.

Hartley Hampton, Priscilla D. Walters, William Hardy Young, Houston, for respondent.

Before LEE, HUDSON and EDELMAN, JJ.

OPINION

EDELMAN, Justice.

Bristol-Myers Squibb Company ("Bristol-Myers") seeks issuance of a writ of mandamus directing Judge Patricia Hancock to order production of patient information by the real party in interest, Dr. Richard Levine. Although the competing interests between parties' rights to discovery and patients' rights to privacy present a close issue in this proceeding, for the reasons set forth below, we deny the petition for writ of mandamus.<...

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