Kime v. Niemann

Certiorari was granted to review an interlocutory pretrial order of somewhat unusual character entered by the Superior Court of Kitsap County.

The petitioner had commenced an action for injuries sustained when the car in which he was riding was hit from the rear by a state highway truck. The state of Washington, and the driver of the truck and his wife were named as defendants.

The attorneys for the defendants (respondents here) sought and obtained, over the objection of the petitioner, the following order (denominated Order Re Doctor-Patient Privilege):

“This Matter having come on regularly for…