Gene H. Samuelson, M. D. v. Anthony F. Susen, M. D., and Peter J. Jannetta, M. D

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• stating that “Rule 501 requires a district court exercising diversity jurisdiction to apply the law of privilege which would be applied by the courts of the state in which it sits.”
• finding that under Pennsylvania’s conflict-of-laws rules, Ohio’s peer review privilege law should apply to medical review committee proceedings held in Ohio that involved Ohioans making decisions regarding the use of Ohio medical facilities
• finding no violation of the plaintiffs federal constitutional right of access to courts based on statute creating privilege on medical review committee deliberations
• Ohio's statutory peer review privilege bars discovery of a committee's proceedings in defamation action by physician against committee members
• Privilege depriving defamation plaintiff of material he seeks to discover does not deny him access to the courts
• Rule 501 requires district court exercising diversity jurisdiction “to apply the law of privilege which would be applied by the courts of the state in which it sits”

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