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McCoy v. Hatmaker12/26/2000
acilities, a review by the Fire Department would constitute a protected action when, as here, the fundamental purpose of the review was the improvement of health care services provided by Fire Department paramedics. See Brem v. DeCarlo, Lyon, Hearn & Pazourek, 162 F.R.D. 94 (D. Md. 1995). The origin of the complaint that led to the review - with the McCoy family - does not change its purpose.
Given its purpose and sponsorship, the confidentiality provision of section 14-501 applies in the case sub judice. The provision "was intended to provide `broad statutory protection' and is based on `legislative appreciation that a high level of confidentiality is necessary for effective medical peer review.'" Id. at 98 (citing Baltimore Sun Co. v. University of Md. Med. Sys. Corp., 321 Md. 659, 668, 554 A.2d 683 (1991)). With few exceptions enumerated in the statute, materials protected by section 14-501 are confidential and not discoverable, and, even when they end up in the hands of the other party to litigation, as they did here, they are inadmissible in court. The trial court did not abuse its discretion in granting an appropriate order, and we affirm.
JUDGMENT AFFIRMED. COSTS TO BE PAID BY APPELLANT.
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