Whistleblower’s Discovery Request Curbed in Retaliation Suit

A Mississippi hospital convinced a federal court to limit the information it’s required to give to a doctor who claims to have been fired for reporting violations of the federal emergency care law.

Blake Vanderlan is entitled to take discovery only of information necessary to prove that he had a reasonable, good-faith belief that Jackson HMA LLC violated the federal Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act, the US District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi said Tuesday.

Vanderlan doesn’t have to prove actual violations and, therefore, can’t demand production of documents he believes are relevant to establishing them, Magistrate ...