Morris v. Consolidation Coal Co.

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• recognizing that the Rules of Civil Procedure do not generally apply to workers’ compensation claims
• recognizing cause of action against third-party who wrongfully induces physician to disclose patient's medical records
• recognizing the liability of a third party to a patient under Section 874, comment e, for inducing the patient’s physician “to breach his fiduciary relationship by disclosing confidential information”
• recognizing cause of action against third-party who wrongfully induces physician to disclose patient’s medical records
• recognizing cause of action against third-party who wrongfully induces physician to disclose patient’s medical records
• “[W]e hold that a fiduciary relationship exists between a treating physician and a claimant .... ”

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