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ESTATE OF KENNELLY v. MID COAST HOSP.

Docket: Cum-18-445.

239 A.3d 604 (2020)

2020 ME 115

ESTATE OF Carol A. KENNELLY v. MID COAST HOSPITAL.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Reargued: July 15, 2020.

Decided: September 29, 2020.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Philip M. Coffin III, Esq. , and Abigail C. Varga, Esq. (orally), Lambert Coffin, Portland, for appellant Mid Coast Hospital.

Travis M. Brennan, Esq. (orally), and Taylor A. Asen, Esq. , Berman & Simmons, P.A., Lewiston, for appellee Estate of Carol A. Kennelly.

Karen Frink Wolf, Esq. , and Rachel M. Wertheimer, Esq. , Verrill Dana LLP, Portland, for amici curiae Maine Hospital Association and Maine Medical Association.

Thomas L. Douglas, Esq. , Douglas, McDaniel & Campo LLC, PA, Westbrook, for amicus curiae Maine Trial Lawyers Association.

Dissent: JABAR, J.

[¶1] In this appeal, arising in a medical malpractice case, we must decide whether medical records of individuals who are not parties to these proceedings, even when redacted to remove personally identifying information, are protected from discovery by statutes providing for patient and medical records privacy, 42 U.S.C.S. §...

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