Hoover v. Welsh

BROSKY, Judge.

This appeal is taken from a pre-trial Order permitting counsel for appellee to interview ex parte a physician with whom appellant, Mrs. Hoover, had consulted. Appellants now challenge this Order on the basis that it violates the physician/patient privilege.

*104Appellee1 filed a Motion requesting the trial court to rule on the propriety of conducting ex parte communications with a Dr. Lowry. Appellant, Mrs. Hoover, consulted with this physician to discuss the viability of injections which would enable her voice to return to near normalcy after her vocal cord had been paralyzed as a…