Langdon v. Champion

How courts have described this case

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• holding that in a personal injury action, informal ex parte conferences between defense counsel and a plaintiffs physician are permissible
• holding that the physician of a plaintiff who files a personal injury action may engage in informal, ex parte communication with defense counsel
• recognizing that courts may sanction plaintiffs’ counsel if they block ex parte interviews thereby forcing defense counsel to get court order to interview patient’s treating physician
• restating rule that commencement of action for personal injuries constitutes plaintiff's waiver of physician-patient privilege
• stating that questions of law are reviewed de novo
• “Under this standard it is our duty to adopt the rule of law that is most persuasive in light of precedent, reason, and policy.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).