Piller v. Kovarsky

How courts have described this case

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

• treating physician was precluded from testifying as a liability expert against patient-plaintiff's claims in medical malpractice action
• prejudice arises from the fact that plaintiffs will have to answer the argument that \their own doctor says there is no malpractice\
• fiduciary nature of the relationship precludes physician from testifying against his patient
• fiduciary nature of the relationship precludes physician from testifying against his patient

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

24 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Petrillo v. Syntex Laboratories, Inc.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1986-06-26· cited 194×
• Carson v. Fine
  Washington Supreme Court· 1994-02-10· cited 131×
• Moses v. McWilliams
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1988-09-28· cited 100×
• JOHN SMITH VS. ARVIND R. DATLA, M.D.(L-1527-15, MERCER COUNTY AND STATEWIDE)
  New Jersey Superior Court App Division· 2017-07-12· cited 57×
• Stigliano v. Connaught Laboratories, Inc.
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1995-05-31· cited 48×
• Maxwell v. Hobart Corp.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1991-06-21· cited 39×
• A-25-14 Patricia Delvecchio v. Township of Bridgewater (074936)
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 2016-04-28· cited 39×
• Graham v. Gielchinsky
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1991-12-11· cited 35×
• Behringer Est. v. Princeton Med. Ctr.
  New Jersey Superior Court App Division· 1991-04-25· cited 32×
• Wardell v. McMillan
  Wyoming Supreme Court· 1992-12-31· cited 30×
• Genovese v. NJ Tr. Rail Operations
  New Jersey Superior Court App Division· 1989-07-14· cited 23×
• Cogdell v. Brown
  New Jersey Superior Court App Division· 1987-06-26· cited 23×
• Seeber v. Howlette
  Nebraska Supreme Court· 1998-11-20· cited 21×
• Serrano v. Levitsky
  New Jersey Superior Court App Division· 1986-12-03· cited 14×
• In Re Pelvic mesh/gynecare Lit.
  New Jersey Superior Court App Division· 2012-06-01· cited 13×
• Kurdek v. West Orange Educ. Bd.
  New Jersey Superior Court App Division· 1987-12-10· cited 12×
• Romine v. Medicenters of America, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1985-08-30· cited 11×
• Carchidi v. Iavicoli
  New Jersey Superior Court App Division· 2010-03-24· cited 7×
• Kinsella v. NYT TELEVISION
  New Jersey Superior Court App Division· 2005-12-06· cited 7×
• Overlook Terrace Corp. v. Excel Properties Corp.
  New Jersey Superior Court App Division· 1986-05-19· cited 7×

Cites

6 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Perna v. Pirozzi
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1983-03-02· cited 124×
• ALEXANDER v. Knight
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1962-01-16· cited 87×
• Hague v. Williams
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1962-05-21· cited 80×
• Miles v. Farrell
  N.D. Illinois· 1982-08-25· cited 24×
• Catherine Panko, Admx. Of the Estate of Margaret R. Barrett, Dec'd v. Consolidated Mutual Insurance Company
  Third Circuit· 1970-01-05· cited 15×
• State ex rel. M. P. C.
  New Jersey Superior Court App Division· 1979-01-05· cited 13×