EVERETT, Wash. (AP) — A Snohomish County judge has refused to seal the medical records of a mentally ill man who beat an Everett woman with a metal bar in 2006 and is now serving life without parole.
The Daily Herald says a lawyer defending Compass Health in a lawsuit argued that Anthony Viscussi’s records should be kept from the public.
But Superior Court Judge J. Robert Leach ruled Wednesday in favor of public access. The judge found that Viscussi had a “diminished expectation of privacy” for the records. The former Everett man previously had agreed to provide lawyers representing the victim with access to the documents.
The court arguments are part of a lawsuit filed by Theresa Lindberg against Compass Health, which was counseling Viscussi at the time he attacked her. She also is suing the state’s corrections and mental health systems.
