BABCOCK v. BRIDGEPORT HOSPITAL

(SC 16133)

251 Conn. 790 (1999)

EUNICE BABCOCK ET AL. v. BRIDGEPORT HOSPITAL ET AL. PHILIP BONAFFINI ET AL. v. BRIDGEPORT HOSPITAL ET AL.

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Officially released December 28, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Madonna A. Sacco, with whom was David J. Robertson, for the appellants (defendants in both cases).

J. Daniel Sagarin, with whom, on the brief, were Margaret E. Haering and Regina Duchin Kraus, for the appellees (plaintiffs in each case).

Patrick J. Fitzgerald III filed a brief for the intervening appellees (James Clarke et al.).

Beverly S. Knapp and L. Douglas Shrader filed a brief for the intervening appellees (Ronald G. Cone et al.).

Ernest F. Teitell and Brad C. Gustafson filed a brief for the Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association as amicus curiae.

Patrick J. Monahan II, Eileen R. Becker and Jennifer D. Jackson filed a brief for the Connecticut Hospital Association, Inc., as amicus curiae.

Borden, Katz, Palmer, Sullivan and Peters, Js.


Opinion

KATZ, J.

This appeal presents the court with its first opportunity to address General Statutes §§ 19a-17b and 19a-25.1 Specifically, we must consider the extent to which §§ 19a-17b and 19a-25 create statutory privileges for the nondisclosure of medical records to a tort claimant. We must determine what information...

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