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· 6/9/1995

Buckman v. Columbus-Cabrini Medical Center

Citations

  • 651 N.E.2d 767
  • 272 Ill. App. 3d 1060
  • 209 Ill. Dec. 589
  • 1995 Ill. App. LEXIS 411

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  • vacating contempt order entered at petitioner’s request where contempt order was used as a vehicle to appeal a discovery order
  • vacating contempt order entered at petitioner’s request where contempt order was used as a vehicle to appeal a discovery order
  • court applied attorney-client privilege instead where hospital’s attorney acted directly as nurse’s attorney in rendering legal advice and services
  • “[b]ecause it is the privilege, not the duty to disclose, that is the exception, the privilege ought to be strictly confined within its narrowest possible limits”
  • court applied attorney-client privilege instead where hospital's attorney acted directly as nurse's attorney in rendering legal advice and services

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Judges: Cousins

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