Court Opinion

ID: 9741371
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-26 20:54:16.280875+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:24:23.711473
License: Public Domain

SHEPARD, Chief Justice,
concurring in result.
Discovery orders such as the one at issue in this appeal present important questions about trial practice and tactics, physician-patient relationships, the cost of litigation, and a variety of other concerns. The weightiness of these competing interests has produced divided authority in the courts of other states, and the importance which Indiana lawyers attach to the matter is reflected in the widespread interest in this appeal, including the advice of amicus curiae. The complexity and importance of the matter suggest to me that it warrants more than the seven sentences the Court uses by way of incorporating the opinion of our intermediate court colleagues. Still, because the facts suggest to me that the Court of Appeals reached a proper disposition in this particular case, I join in the result.