Posted: Jan 10, 2017, 1:05 PM
The Court of Appeals vacated three protective orders issued by Genesee Circuit Judge Geoffrey Neithercut that prevented the Michigan Department of Human Services (DHHS) from accessing McClaren-Flint Hospital medical records in Departmentof Healthand Human Services v Genessee CircuitJudge No. 334491. In this action for superintending control, the COA held that the circuit court lacked legal authority to issue the protective orders and the orders were an abuse of Judge Neithercut’s discretion