California Supreme Court· 4/15/1970

In Re Lifschutz

Citations

467 P.2d 557
2 Cal. 3d 415
85 Cal. Rptr. 829
44 A.L.R. 3d 1
1970 Cal. LEXIS 280

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revealing the existence of psychotherapist-patient relationship did not constitute a waiver
even when privilege is waived, protection order and pre-discovery inquiry into materials are appropriate to “safeguard the privacy of the patient”
even when privilege is waived, protection order and pre-discovery inquiry into materials are appropriate to \safeguard the privacy of the patient\
“communications 12 which are not directly relevant to those specific conditions do not fall within the terms of section 13 1016’s exception and therefore remain privileged”
there is no 21 psychotherapist-patient privilege “with respect to those mental conditions the patient- 22 litigant has disclosed by bringing an action in which they are in issue” (citation and internal 23 alterations and quotation marks omitted)

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