PATIENT-LITIGANT EXCEPTION

By SovConn | October 12, 2013

patient-litigant exception. An exemption from the doctor–patient privilege, whereby the privilege is lost when the patient sues the doctor for malpractice. [Cases: Witnesses  219(5). C.J.S. Witnesses §§ 381, 383–389.]

[Blacks Law 8th]

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