Articles 24 and 47(a) of the Maryland Declaration of Rights recognize that a car accident victim's privacy interests naturally compete with a car accident lawsuit that puts their physical and mental condition at issue. The Maryland Court of Special Appeals has addressed the "issues that arise whenever a defendant's constitutional right to discover favorable evidence clashes with a victim's statutory privilege and constitutional right to privacy." In Reynolds v. State, 98 Md App. 348, 365 (1993), the court ruled that "every citizen has a constitutional right of privacy in his or her medical records."