Baker v. Industrial Commission

The principal question for decision is whether the testimony of-the plaintiff, Victor Baker, on direct examination constituted a waiver which would permit the admission of a physician’s testimony otherwise privileged under Section 11494, General Code. That section reads in part as follows:

“The following persons shall not testify in certain respects:

“An attorney, concerning a communication made to him by his client in that relation, or his advice to his client; or a physician, concerning a communication made to him by his patient in that relation, or his advice to his patient. But the attorney…