Love v. Permanente Medical Group et al

Filing 188

Order by Magistrate Judge Donna M. Ryu granting 187 Stipulation.(dmrlc2, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 2/6/2014)

Case3:12-cv-05679-WHO Document187 Filed02/06/14 Page1 of 2

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JUSTICE FIRST, LLP
Jenny C. Huang, SBN 223596
Briana Cummings, SBN 285002
180 Grand Avenue, Suite 1300
Oakland, CA 94612
Telephone: [phone]
E-mail: [e-mail]
[e-mail]

LEVY, VINICK, BURRELL, & HYAMS, LLP
Leslie F. Levy, SBN 104634
Jean K. Hyams, SBN 144425
180 Grand Avenue, Suite 1300
Oakland, CA 94612
Tel.: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]
[e-mail]

Attorneys for Plaintiff Robin Love

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JUSTICE FIRST, LLP

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MARION’S INN, LLP
Mark Palley, SBN 120073
David M. Rosenberg-Wohl, SBN 132924
Tanya G. Cecena, SBN 285186
1611 Telegraph Avenue, Suite 707
Oakland, CA 94612-2415
Telephone: [phone]
E-mail: [e-mail]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
Attorneys for Defendants Kaiser Foundation
Hospitals, Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc.,
The Permanente Medical Group, Inc.
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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ROBIN LOVE,

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Plaintiff,
vs.

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KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITALS, ET
AL.,

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Defendants.

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Case No.: 12-cv-05679 (WHO)(DMR)
STIPULATION AND ORDER TO
RELEASE MEDICAL RECORDS OF
PATIENT J.T.

WHEREAS on December 26, 2013, Plaintiff Robin Love served her Third Set of

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Document Requests seeking, among other documents, the medical records for Patient J.T. on

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March 1, 2011;
STIPULATION AND ORDER TO RELEASE MEDICAL RECORDS OF PATIENT J.T.
LOVE V. KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITALS, ET AL., CASE NO. 12-CV-05679 (WHO)(DMR)
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WHEREAS Plaintiff contends that the documents requested are necessary to defend

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against allegations in her termination letter that in March 2011, she sent Patient J.T. to the

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hospital, unaccompanied, from her office on Sneath Lane to the facility on El Camino Real while

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he was actively suicidal;

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WHEREAS Defendants objected that such medical records were private patient records
subject to the requirements of Cal. Welf. & Inst. Code section 5328;
WHEREAS in a good faith effort to meet and confer on discovery disputes, the parties
seek to resolve this matter without court intervention;
IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND AGREED that:
1. The medical records of Patient J.T. on March 1, 2011 (documents responsive to
RFP No. 157) should be treated as “Confidential” records pursuant to the Amended

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JUSTICE FIRST, LLP

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Stipulated Protective Order [Docket No. 113] governing this case; and

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2. The medical records of Patient J.T. on March 1, 2011 should be released by

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Defendants to Plaintiff solely pursuant to this Court’s order, as indicated below.

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IT IS SO STIPULATED.

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Dated: January 29, 2014
Oakland, California

JUSTICE FIRST, LLP
Attorneys for Plaintiff Robin Love
By:
________/s/_Jenny Huang_______
Jenny C. Huang
180 Grand Avenue, Suite 1300
Oakland, CA 94612

Dated: February 5, 2014
Oakland, California

MARION’S INN, LLP
Attorneys for Defendants
By:
_______/s/ Tanya Cecena__________
Tanya G. Cecena
1611 Telegraph Avenue, Suite 707
Oakland, CA 94612

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PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED.
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Dated: February ___, 2014

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THE HONORABLE DONNA M. RYU

STIPULATION AND ORDER TO RELEASE MEDICAL RECORDS OF PATIENT J.T.
LOVE V. KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITALS, ET AL., CASE NO. 12-CV-05679 (WHO)(DMR)
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