New Jersey Superior Court App Division· 10/21/1986

State v. McBride

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517 A.2d 152
213 N.J. Super. 255

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recognizing that \the psychologist-patient privilege affords even greater confidentiality than the physician-patient privilege\
holding that disclosure should be allowed if psychologist's report, which was part of basis for physician's testimony, undermined physician's claim that complaining witness's blow on the head restored her memory of earlier injury allegedly inflicted by defendant
holding the portion of a hospital record containing the identity of the alleged perpetrator was inadmissible, but harmless error
noting that statement casting blame on victim's husband was not covered by the exception
although psychologist-patient privilege was co-extensive with attorney-client privilege, it may be defeated in the interest of fairness
first citing Cestero, supra, 57 N.J. at 501-02; and then citing C.A., supra, 201 N.J. Super. at 33-34

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