MEMORIAL HOSPITAL-THE WOODLANDS v. McCOWN

Nos. 95-0316, 95-0340.

927 S.W.2d 1 (1996)

MEMORIAL HOSPITAL-THE WOODLANDS, Relator, v. The Honorable F. Scott McCOWN, Judge, Respondent. BROWNWOOD REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER, HTI Doctors Hospital, and Medical Center Hospital, Relators, v. The Honorable F. Scott McCOWN, Judge, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Decided July 12, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Claude M. McQuarrie, III, Cyndi M. Jewell, Houston, Mary H. Greer, Austin, for Memorial Hospital-The Woodlands.

William J. Dunleavy, Frank Shor, Carrollton, for Brownwood Regional Medical Center, et al.

R. James George, Laura Lee Stapleton, Austin, Joseph G. Chumlea, David F. Bragg, Dallas, for McCown.


Justice OWEN delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court.

In these original proceedings, we must determine whether documents and files generated for and by a hospital credentialing committee in its investigation and review of a physician's initial application for staff privileges are protected from discovery. The trial court concluded that the documents at issue were discoverable, and the parties objecting to production requested mandamus relief from this Court. Because...

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