Love v. The Permanente Med. Grp. (Summary)

PEER REVIEW PRIVILEGE

Love v. The Permanente Med. Grp., No. C-12-05679 DMR (N.D. Cal. Aug. 15, 2013)

The United States District Court for the Northern District of California granted a chemical dependency therapist’s motion to compel a hospital to respond to discovery requests because federal privilege law, not the California peer review privilege, applied to the therapist’s request for documents relating to her credentials and privileges.  Also, documents regarding the therapist’s supervisor were not confidential and all documents relating to the therapist’s performance in the hospital were relevant to her claim that she was terminated without just cause in breach of her collective bargaining agreement.