Dannemann v. Shands Teaching Hospital and Clinics, Inc.
14 So. 3d 246 (Fla. 1st DCA 2009) (May)
The district court quashed the trial court’s order, which denied the plaintiff’s motion to prohibit pre-deposition conferences between nonparty doctors and the attorney representing the hospital. The district court held such a conference to be a violation of the patient confidentiality statute, section 456.057(6). That statute prohibits any nonparty physician from disclosing a patient’s medical condition and history to the counsel hired by the defendant’s insurer to represent the patient’s physician at a deposition.