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DEPT. OF SOCIAL & HEALTH SERVS. v. LATTA

No. 45962.

92 Wn.2d 812 (1979)

601 P.2d 520

THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES, Appellant, v. WILLIAM LATTA, Respondent. THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES, Appellant, v. K.L. PARTLOW II, ET AL, Respondents.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

October 18, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Slade Gorton, Attorney General, and Walter E. White and David R. Minikel, Assistants, for appellant.

Theodore D. Schultz and E. Robert Fristoe (of Fristoe, Taylor & Schultz, Ltd., P.S.), for respondent Latta.

McPhee, Pope & Phillips and Wm. Thomas McPhee, for respondent Partlow.

William J. Leedom on behalf of Washington State Medical Association, amicus curiae.

HICKS, J.

In each of these cases, consolidated on appeal, the Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS) appeals an order of the Thurston County Superior Court quashing its subpoenas seeking medical records of Medicaid patients. The trial court based its order upon the physician-patient privilege, RCW 5.60.060(4). The Court of Appeals, Division Two, certified the case to this court. We accepted certification and we reverse...

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