Case Name: Ernestine Peterson et al., Respondents, v. Geneva B. Scruggs Community Health Center, Inc., Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1995-04-28
Citations: 214 A.D.2d 980
Docket Number: 
Parties: Ernestine Peterson et al., Respondents, v Geneva B. Scruggs Community Health Center, Inc., Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 214
Pages: 980–981

Head Matter:
Ernestine Peterson et al., Respondents, v Geneva B. Scruggs Community Health Center, Inc., Appellant.
[626 NYS2d 712]

Opinion:
Order unanimously reversed on the law without costs, motion denied and cross motion granted. Memorandum: Supreme Court erred in granting plaintiffs' motion to compel disclosure of the medical records of a non-party developmentally disabled person in defendant's custody and in denying defendant's cross motion for a protective order. Defendant validly asserted the physician-patient privilege in response to the discovery demand, and plaintiffs failed to establish that the patient or anyone with authority to act on her behalf had waived it (see, Dillenbeck v Hess, 73 NY2d 278, 289-290; Schenk v Devall, 205 AD2d 900; Schnobrich v Schnobrich, 198 AD2d 850). (Appeal from Order of Supreme Court, Erie County, Notaro, J.—Discovery.) Present—Pine, J. P., Lawton, Wesley, Callahan and Davis, JJ.