Opinion

Tarrant County Hospital District v. Hughes

  • 734 S.W.2d 675
  • 1987 Tex. App. LEXIS 8221
Court
Court of Appeals of Texas
Filed
Apr 9, 1987
Status
Published
Author
Lattimore
On the bench
Farris, Spurlock, Burdock, Lattimore, Keltner, Fender, Hill
Cited by
43 cases

holding that compelling disclosure of blood donors’ identities was not an impermissible violation of constitutional right to privacy

How later courts described this case

  • holding that compelling disclosure of blood donors’ identities was not an impermissible violation of constitutional right to privacy
  • holding that the disclosure of blood donors' identities was not an impermissible violation of constitutional right to privacy
  • noting that medical records are within constitutionally protected zone of privacy
  • declaring identities of blood donors discoverable in civil proceeding

Written by the judges who cited it.

The opinion

LATTIMORE, Justice,

concurring.

I concur with the opinion of Justice Far-ris. We should not assume the occurrence of the worst eventuality. The trial court has it within its power to prevent the consequences not threatened by the parties, but envisioned by the dissenting opinion.

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