Broaddus v. Clinical Laboratory Consultants, Inc.

By JUDGE WILLARD I. WALKER

The issue which [was] recently presented to the court, and to which this opinion letter is addressed, concerns the extent to which a defendant physician may be examined at discovery depositions. Although the formal written motions are not filed in this cause, the court, acting upon motions made in open court on March 6, 1978, acknowledges that the issue at hand is framed by a motion by plaintiff's counsel to compel the defendant physician to answer certain questions propounded to him in discovery depositions, and similarly a motion by defense counsel for an order of…