Sorensen v. Barbuto

DURHAM, Chief Justice:

INTRODUCTION

¶ 1 This case comes before us on a writ of certiorari to the Utah Court of Appeals. We granted the writ of certiorari on two questions: (1) whether by filing a personal injury suit Nicholas Sorensen waived any duty of confidentiality encompassing ex parte communications between himself and Dr. John Barbuto in that suit; and (2) whether the court of appeals erred in construing the scope of the privilege set forth in rule 506 of the Utah Rules of Evidence and/or the scope of the exception to the privilege set forth in subpart (d)(1). Dr. Barbuto argues that the…