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· 5/21/1962

Hague v. Williams

Citations

  • 181 A.2d 345
  • 37 N.J. 328
  • 1962 N.J. LEXIS 224

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • stating that right of confidentiality is limited by “the supervening interest of society”
  • where patient’s physical con dition made basis of a legal claim, physician’s extrajudicial disclosure warranted so as to ensure just result
  • in absence of statutory authority, the New Jersey Supreme Court acknowledged a qualified physician-patient privilege
  • acknowledging qualified non-statutory privilege of self-examination or self-critical analysis
  • acknowledging qualified non-statutory physician-patient privilege

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Judges: Haneman

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