Garner v. Ford Motor Co.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

von der HEYDT, Chief Judge.

This matter comes before the Court on defendant’s motion to waive physician-patient privilege.

Plaintiffs were injured on August 2, 1972, when the Ford automobile which they were driving went out of control and left the highway in the Yukon Territory, Canada. Plaintiffs commenced this action in the Superior Court for the State of Alaska, Fourth Judicial District, on July 6, 1973. The case subsequently was removed to this court pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1441.

Defendant filed this motion to waive the physician-patient privilege on August 30, 1973. Oral…