State v. Smorgala

Supreme Court of Ohio · Decided 1990-04-25

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Harsha, J. The question presented for review by this certification is whether the courts of Ohio should judicially create a public policy limitation upon the statutorily created physician-patient privilege which would allow otherwise clearly inadmissible evidence to be received in “drunk driving” cases. In keeping with the constitutional principle of separation of powers, we cannot adopt such a position. Judicial policy preferenc…

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