Judge Denies Motion To Compel Nonparty’s Medical Records In Negligence Suit

Mealey's (August 31, 2017, 1:05 PM EDT) -- PITTSBURGH — A federal judge in Pennsylvania on Aug. 28 denied a couple’s motion to compel the medical records of a high-risk baby who was treated on the same day and at the same facility as their child who died because the parents of the deceased child failed to show how the production of those records would demonstrate whether the defendants met the required standard of care (Carissa Peronis, et al. v. United States of America, et al., No. 2:16-CV-1389, W.D. Pa.)....