Med. Mut. of Ohio v. Schlotterer

Supreme Court of Ohio · Decided 2009-06-03

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Moyer, CJ. I {¶ 1} The physician-patient privilege generally protects medical records from disclosure, subject to certain limited exceptions. This case asks us to determine whether the privilege prevents discovery of medical records by an insurance company in a civil fraud action against a physician when the patients have given broad consent to release their…

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