Ex Parte Affinity Hospital, LLC, D/b/a Grandview Medical Center Petition for Writ of Mandamus (in Re: Mary Louise…

Summary

The Supreme Court of Alabama denied Grandview Medical Center's mandamus petition challenging an order requiring it to answer discovery and produce a privilege log for materials withheld under quality-assurance statutes. The Court held that statutory quality-assurance privileges operate concurrently with the procedural requirements governing privilege logs and that Grandview's generalized affidavit did not establish that specifically requested materials were privileged. The petition was denied because Grandview failed to demonstrate a clear legal right to relief.