Tootle v. Seaboard Coast Line Railroad

SHARP, Judge.

Tootle files a petition for writ of certiora-ri to review an order of the trial court which compelled Dr. Harry Krop, a clinical psychologist who previously examined Tootle, to give his deposition. Because Tootle lacks standing to raise any federal privilege against Krop’s testifying, we deny his petition.

Tootle sued Seaboard after being injured in a train-automobile accident. Seaboard *1010sought to depose Krop, who had examined Tootle for the Social Security Administration. Apparently, the Social Security Administration terminated Tootle’s benefits and is attempting to retrieve some…