Chief Medical Examiner, 404 Mass. 132, 135 (1987). First clause of Exemption (c) - personnel Massachusetts courts have found that "core categories of personnel information that are 'useful in making employment decisions regarding an employee'" may be withheld from disclosure. Worcester Telegram & Gazette Corp. v. Chief of Police of Worcester, 58 Mass. App. Ct. 1, 5 (2003).

The state registrar shall prepare and furnish forms of uniform size to the clerks, boards of health, physicians, hospitals, the chief medical examiner, funeral directors, probate and district courts and others involved in the preparation and registration of vital records and shall provide them with any necessary instructions and explanations as to use of such forms.

Chief Medical Examiner, 404 Mass. 132, 533 N.E.2d 1356 (1989) (autopsy reports); Globe Newspaper Co. v. Boston Retirement Bd., 446 Mass. 427, 446 N.E.2d 1051 (1983) (cursory statements of medical reasons for granting disability, i.e., bad back, heart problem, hypertension); Logan v.

Chief Medical Examiner, 404 Mass. 132, 135 (1987). While these reports contain "medical information or medical data" it should be noted that medical information that is of a personal nature and relates to a specifically named individual is exempt from disclosure. Brogan, 401 Mass. at 308. Second clause Exemption (c) contains two distinct and independent clauses, each requiring its own analysis. Globe Newspaper Co., 388 Mass. at 432-33.

Chief Medical Examiner, 404 Mass. 132, 135 (1987).

Chief Medical Examiner, 404 Mass. 132, 135 (1987). During the review of the responsive un-redacted and redacted versions of the incident report, narrative statements drafted by Department Officers, and a medical statement, this office finds that the records held by the Department do contain medical information, in particular diagnostic medical information of a highly personal nature that pertains to an identified person.

Chief Medical Examiner, 404 Mass. 132, 135 (1987). Based on the Department's response, to the extent that records contain medical information, the Department may permissibly withhold such portions from disclosure. Second clause ofExemption (c) - privacy Analysis under the second clause of Exemption (c) is subjective in nature and requires a balancing of the public's right to know against the relevant privacy interests at stake. Torres v.

Chief Medical Examiner, 404 Mass. 132, 135 (1987). First clause of Exemption (c) - personnel Massachusetts courts have found that "core categories of personnel information that are 'useful in making employment decisions regarding an employee"' may be withheld from disclosure. Worcester Telegram & Gazette Corp. v. Chief of Police of Worcester, 58 Mass. App. Ct. 1, 5 (2003).

Chief Medical Examiner, 404 Mass. 132, 135 (1987). First clause of Exemption (c) - personnel Massachusetts courts have found that "core categories of personnel information that are 'useful in making employment decisions regarding an employee"' may be withheld from disclosure. Worcester Telegram & Gazette Corp. v. Chief of Police of Worcester, 58 Mass. App. Ct. 1, 5 (2003).

Chief Medical Examiner, 404 Mass. 132, 135 (1987). Under the first clause of Exemption (c), the City claims ". . . each request for 'injury reports' (1713, 18, 19) the Privacy Exemption applies to medical records. Citing to the Globe Newspaper Co. decision, the City asserts that "[als a general rule, medical information will always be of sufficiently personal nature to warrant exemption. . . . As such, the requests of James Wellock, Esq.