Throop v. FE Young and Company

How courts have described this case

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

• noting that workers’ compensation eases are not necessarily authority for determining common-law liability under the doctrine of respondeat superior
• finding “highly material” claim of “sudden” heart attack waived privilege regarding records of ongoing treatment for heart problems
• privilege impliedly waived when party defended by denying negligence and claiming sudden heart attack as cause of automobile accident
• Workers’] [compensation cases and cases arising under similar social legislation are not necessarily authority for principles giving rise to common-law liability under the doctrine of respondeat superior.”
• “The claim of privilege to buttress such a [seemingly false] position is contrary to the spirit of the privilege and the purpose of trials to ascertain the truth”
• \The claim of privilege to buttress such a [seemingly false] position is contrary to the spirit of the privilege and the purpose of trials to ascertain the truth.\

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).