State v. Jaggers

CONOVER, Presiding Judge.

In this interlocutory appeal, Plaintiff-Appellant State of Indiana and Medical Licensing Board of Indiana (State) appeals the denial of its motion to compel discovery of the names, addresses, and phone numbers of Defendant-Appellee Lawrence Jag-gers's (Jaggers) patients who have been treated by acupuncture.

We affirm.

ISSUES

The State presents one issue, namely, whether a chiropractor may assert the physician-patient privilege, IND.CODE 84-1-14-5(4), to preclude discovery by the State of the names, addresses and telephone numbers of his patients who have been treated by…