IRVING HEALTHCARE SYSTEM v. BROOKS

Nos. 95-0474, 95-0596.

927 S.W.2d 12 (1996)

IRVING HEALTHCARE SYSTEM, Relator, v. The Honorable David K. BROOKS, Judge, Respondent. Mike KINCAID, Tom Permetti, Robert Stone, M.D., and Michael Waldron, M.D., Relators, v. The Honorable David K. BROOKS, Judge, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Decided July 12, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank Shor, Karin A. Marshall, Carrollton, for relator in No. 95-0596.

Lea F. Courington, M. Steve Nagle, Lori V. Thomas, Russell W. Schell, Amy Witherite, Dallas, for relator in No. 95-0474.

Lea F. Courington, Lori V. Thomas, M. Steve Nagle, Russell W. Schell, Amy Witherite, Debra Trawick, Tom M. Thomas, Dallas, for respondent.


Justice OWEN delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court.

The issue in this case is whether documents and communications relating to proceedings of medical peer review committees are protected from discovery in a suit for damages when there is a claim that false information was supplied to the committees with malice. The trial court ruled that the documents at issue were discoverable, and the parties objecting to production seek mandamus relief. Because we conclude...

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