Supreme Court of Kentucky announced 17 decisions on June 11, 2015, with 8 Kentucky Supreme Court opinions designated for publication; 4 attorney/judicial ethics and disciplinary matters were announced; and 6 motions for discretionary review were granted.
Click here for a list of all our posts on Supreme Court of Kentucky decisions posted east month as minutes. Click here for a link to archived list of minutes posted at the Administrative Office of the Courts official web site.
Selected published decisions:
70. Defense counsel’s ex-parte communications with injured plaintiff’s treating doctors
Stacey Caldwell vs. Hon. A.C.McCay Chauvin
SC, Published, 6/11/2015
6 motions for discretionary review were granted
Questions Presented:
While no law inhibits litigants from seeking ex parte interviews with the opposing party’s treating physicians, the disclosure of medical information during those ex parte meetings is controlled by HIPAA. Here the trial court failed to satisfy HIPAA but this writ was denied because ex parte disclosure was not authorized.
Here is the PDF with links to all of the decisions (published and not published), as well as the disciplinary decisions.
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