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DORRIS v. DETROIT OSTEOPATHIC HOSP.

Docket Nos. 108613, 112711, 112712, Calendar Nos. 16-17.

594 N.W.2d 455 (1999)

460 Mich. 26

Deborah DORRIS and Raymond Dorris, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. DETROIT OSTEOPATHIC HOSPITAL CORP., Defendant-Appellee. Eloise Gregory, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Heritage Hospital, an assumed name for Oakwood United Hospitals, Inc., a Michigan corporation, Defendant-Appellant, and Jane Doe, Defendant.

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided June 9, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

DeNardis, McCandless & Muller, P.C. (by William McCandless and Michael G. Latiff, and Mark F. Miller), Detroit, for plaintiffs-appellants Dorris.

Michael G. Kelman, P.C. (by Glenn A. Saltsman ), Farmington Hills, for plaintiff-appellee Gregory.

Feikens, Stevens, Kennedy, Hurley & Galbraith, P.C. (by L. Neal Kennedy), Detroit, for defendant-appellee in Dorris.

Willmarth, Tanoury, Ramar, Corbet, Garves & Shaw (by Daniel R. Corbet, Derek S. Wilczynski, and Elizabeth L. Sokol), Detroit, for defendant-appellant in Gregory.

OPINION

BRICKLEY, J.

We granted leave in these cases to determine if the physician-patient privilege set forth in M.C.L. § 600.2157; MSA 27A.2157 prevents the defendant hospitals from disclosing the identity of unknown third-party patients. We hold that the names of unknown patients are protected by the physician-patient privilege, and that defendant hospitals have a duty to refrain from disclosure...

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