TORRES
v.
VARIETY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL

Fla. 3d DCA | 2018-10-31
No. 18-1355
Schafer
257 So. 3d 1181 Florida District Court of Appeal, Third District (2018)

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Holding

A trial court must conduct an in camera inspection of a third party's patient records before ruling on a motion to compel their release in litigation.


Headnotes

[1] A trial court must conduct an in camera inspection of claimed confidential third-party records before ruling on a motion to compel their production, rather than denying d…

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Facts & Procedural History

Parents of a minor child sought to obtain patient records of Thomas Sprufera held by Intervention Project for Nurses, Inc. in connection with a medica…

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Opinion of the Court

PER CURIAM.

Linezka Torres and Jorge Navarro, as parents and legal guardians of Lucas Navarro, their minor son (collectively, “the plaintiffs”), seek certiorari review of the order denying their request for an in camera inspection of a portion of Thomas Sprufera’s patient file held by Intervention Project for Nurses, Inc. (“IPN”). We grant the petition, quash the trial court’s order denying the plaintiffs’ request for an in camera inspection, and direct the trial court to reconsider the plaintiffs’ motion seeking an order from the trial court authorizing the release of these records following its in camera inspection.1 Certiorari granted; order quashed with directions.

Footnotes
1 This Court takes no position on the merits of the plaintiffs’ motion seeking an order from the trial court authorizing IPN to release these documents.

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