Farrow v. Allen
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Ellerin, J.
At issue on this appeal is the scope of a waiver of the physician-patient privilege.
The underlying proceeding in this case seeks to vacate the respondent Allen’s adoption of two children, who are also the adopted children of petitioner Farrow. Petitioner moved before the Surrogate to compel the depositions of several non-party psychiatrists, including the appellant, Dr. Frederic M. Kass, one of whose patients is another child of petitioner, Soon-Yi Previn. It is claimed that Soon-Yi has communicated information to Dr. Kass which is material and relevant to the…
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