4292 REVIEW DENIED A medical provider that supplies confidential patient information to its own attorneys who might be called upon to defend it in malpractice actions brought by the patients involved is immune from liablilty under the Confidentiality of Medical Information Act, without regard to the relevancy of the provided information.CitationCA CONSUMER v KAISER (Medical Disclosures) 142 CA4 21 [See: B&PC 17200 etseq; CivC 56 etseq; Cel-Tech v LA Cellular 20 C4 163, T/AT 5/99; Hickman v Taylor 329 US 495; Ranch v SuperCt 113 CA4 1377, P/AT 1/04; Californians v Mervyn's 39 C4 223, P/AT 9/06 ]
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