In the second similar ruling in recent months, a federal judge has rejected a Jacksonville hospital’s arguments in a case about whether it should be shielded from being required to turn over records to a patient in a medical-malpractice dispute.

The ruling last week by U.S. District Judge Timothy Corrigan against UF Health Jacksonville is part of years of legal battles stemming from a 2004 Florida constitutional amendment that was designed to provide access to medical records in malpractice cases.