Long Term Care & Senior Living Blog

It will happen to almost any medical malpractice, product liability, or personal injury defense attorney at some point. You are going to attend one of the plaintiff’s treating medical provider’s deposition, and the doctor’s attorney has asked you to send the plaintiff’s medical records and a copy of the Complaint for the attorney to review. This request seems harmless enough, right? Only as long as you have the proper authorization, according to the holding in Thompson v. University of Chicago Medical Center, No. 2012 L 010412 out of the First Judicial District, Cook County, Illinois.