· 3/9/1983
Wilson v. Bonner
Citations
- 303 S.E.2d 134
- 166 Ga. App. 9
- 1983 Ga. App. LEXIS 2054
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- stating that the fact that appellant was seeking to recover damages for injuries of a mental and emotional nature would not constitute a waiver under Georgia’s statutory patient-litigant exception to the privilege
- appellee went to psychiatrist of her own volition for the purpose of seeking treatment, thus creating requisite confidential relationship to which the psychiatrist-patient privilege applies
- appellee went to psychiatrist of her own volition for the purpose of seeking treatment, thus creating requisite confidential relationship to which the psychiatrist-patient privilege applies
- psychiatrist-patient communications privileged so that deposition of psychiatrist could not be used
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Judges: Carley, Shulman, Quillian
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