State Ex Rel. Miller v. Tackett

MOISE, Justice.

Petitioner is the claimant in an action filed under our workmen’s compensation act for the recovery of benefits provided therein. Respondent is the Judge before whom the cause is pending.

After issue was joined in the compensation case, the petitioner’s deposition was taken at which time counsel for the employer was refused permission to talk to one Dr. Coffey, a physician who had treated petitioner, and petitioner, through his counsel, stated he would refuse to sign a medical authorization permitting such interview.

It appears that petitioner had been seen by three doctors in…