A Lackawanna County judge has ruled that a hospital's event reports relating to a medical malpractice case are not immune from discovery.

Lackawanna County Court of Common Pleas Judge Terrence R. Nealon Jr. denied a discovery appeal by Moses Taylor Hospital, saying that the documents did not fall under the protection of the Peer Review Protection Act, the Medical Care Availability and Reduction of Error Act or the federal Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act.