Title: State ex rel. Brooks v. Zakaib, Jr., Judge  (dissenting)
Citation: N/A
Docket Number: 31042
State: west-virginia
Issuer: west-virginia Supreme Court
Date: June 23, 2003

No. 31042 --SER Brooks v. Zakaib FILED June 23, 2003 RORY L. PERRY II, CLERK McGraw, J., dissenting: SUPREME COURT OF APPEALS OF WEST VIRGINIA I fail to see how something that is no longer privileged, because it was published, or a doctor waived his or her privilege, can ever become privileged again. While the Circuit Court of Grant County theoretically could have sealed the information, if it did not seal it, I do not believe the Circuit Court of Kanawha County would have that power in this case. Unless one entitled to a privilege assiduously guards it by requesting protective orders when confidential information is used in open court, I cannot see how a second court could “recover” the lost confidentiality. Simply stated, short of mass hypnosis, the genie can’t be put back in the bottle. For the reasons stated, I must respectfully dissent.