· 9/20/1988
VanSickle v. McHugh
Citations
- 430 N.W.2d 799
- 171 Mich. App. 622
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- holding that “the physician-patient privilege is inapplicable when the medical examination or consultation is not conducted for the purpose of rendering medical advice or care to the person asserting the privilege”
- no doctor-patient privilege attaches to an independent medical examination because the examination is not for the purposes of treatment
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Judges: Holbrook, Hoon, Kaufman
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