NY Hospital in Covid Exposure Suit Must Disclose Patient Records

A New York man must be given access to medical records likely to show when hospital staff knew or should have known a patient he shared a room with had Covid-19, a state appeals court said.

New York law generally bars health-care providers from disclosing information they acquire in the course of a provider-patient relationship, the New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Fourth Department said March 21. But the general rule can give way when the information is material and necessary to a party’s claim, the court said.

Leon Martin sued Kaleida Health, alleging that he acquired Covid-19 from his ...