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Case No. 2009-1998 Donald Ward et al. v. Summa Health System et al. Expand
 
 
September 28, 2010
09-28-2010
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May Infected Patient Compel Doctor to Testify About Doctor's Own Medical Condition?

In Medical Malpractice Suit Against Hospital

Donald Ward et al. v. Summa Health System et al., Case no. 2009-1998

9th District Court of Appeals (Summit County)

ISSUE: Under R.C. 2317.(B)(1), the state law that makes medical records and communications between a physician and patient "privileged" (not subject to disclosure under most circumstances), when a patient who undergoes a surgical procedure later develops an infectious disease and files a malpractice suit against the hospital where the operation took place, may the patient compel the doctor who performed the surgery to answer discovery questions about the doctor's own medical condition at the time of the operation?
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