· 8/31/1994
Buffalo Bills, Inc. v. United States
Citations
- 31 Fed. Cl. 794
- 74 A.F.T.R.2d (RIA) 6006
- 1994 U.S. Claims LEXIS 174
- 1994 WL 469816
How courts have described this case
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- holding that drunk-driving defendant’s medical records were protected by physician-patient privilege under R.C. 2317.02 and “there is no vacuum within which we can proceed by common-law pronouncement”
- court is not free to propose amendment to rule that would deny privilege in drunk-driving eases
- “Judicial policy preferences may not be used to override valid legislative enactments, for the General Assembly should be the final arbiter of public policy.”
- the legislature's valid laws control policy preferences
- blood test results constituted communication
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Judges: Nettesheim
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