LEO: Medical Malpractice Counsel -  LE Op. 204

 

Medical Malpractice Counsel - Doctor-Patient Privilege.

 

April 1, 1970

 

It is not improper for an attorney representing a defendant in a medical

malpractice suit to seek and obtain without plaintiff's knowledge or

consent information from other doctors who may have treated said plaintiff

even though such information may be within the doctor-patient privilege.

 

Committee Opinion April 1, 1970