Legal Opinion

St. Clair v. Eastern Air Lines, Inc.

District Court, S.D. New York

Decided February 19, 1958PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

SUGARMAN, District Judge.

Plaintiff moves to vacate two notices of deposition served by defendant Eastern Air Lines, Inc.

In brief, the plaintiff claims that the proposed pretrial examinations of the Sun Ray Park Health Resort and Dr. Donald E. Fortner is “in violation of the right of preservation of a confidential communication between patient and doctor and the hospital.”

' [1] Inasmuch as the subject matter of the proposed depositions is undisclosed 1 except that defendant seeks to learn if “deceased had, in the year of his death and for some time before, been an alcoholic, had been treated…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Continental Distilling Corp. v. HumphreyDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1955
  2. Feldmann v. Connecticut Mut. Life Ins. Co.District Court, E.D. Missouri · 1944

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Perry v. Kelly-Springfield Tire Co.District Court, N.D. Indiana · 1987
  2. Tramm v. Porter Memorial HospitalDistrict Court, N.D. Indiana · 1989
  3. Deines v. Vermeer Manufacturing Co.District Court, D. Kansas · 1990
  4. Jones v. State Farm Fire & Casualty Co.District Court, N.D. Indiana · 1990

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