BROWNWOOD HOSP. v. COURT OF APPEALS

Nos. 95-1037, 95-1070.

927 S.W.2d 24 (1996)

BROWNWOOD REGIONAL HOSPITAL and Bruce Leipzig, M.D., Relators, v. The ELEVENTH COURT OF APPEALS, Respondent (Two Cases).

Supreme Court of Texas.

July 12, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jonathan D.F. Nelson, Fort Worth, for Relators in No. 95-1070.

Don L. Davis, Austin, George S. Finley, San Angelo, Ernest Reynolds, III, Fort Worth, Mollie C. Nichols, Austin, for Respondent in No. 95-1070.

Ernest Reynolds, III, Annette Regan Loyd, Fort Worth, for Relators in No. 95-1037.

Don L. Davis, Austin, Elizabeth M. Fraley, Dallas, Jonathan D.F. Nelson, Fort Worth, Mollie C. Nichols, Austin, George S. Finley, San Angelo, for Respondent in No. 95-1037.


OPINION

PER CURIAM.

The issue in these original proceedings is whether a hospital's records relating to its initial grant of staff privileges to a physician are protected from discovery in a suit that alleges medical malpractice against the physician and negligent credentialing against the hospital. Because we hold that some of the documents at issue are privileged and are protected from discovery under section 5.06 of Texas Revised Civil Statute article...

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