Legal Opinion
St. John v. Napolitano
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided March 31, 2011No. Civil Action No. 2010-0216PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
BERYL A. HOWELL, District Judge.
The defendant in this employment discrimination action has moved to compel discovery of the plaintiffs medical records, including any records of mental health treatment. This motion presents the Court with a question which frequently arises in employment discrimination cases but which has led to divergent outcomes in the courts: Does a plaintiff automatically waive the psychotherapist-patient privilege merely by asserting that the defendant’s actions caused the plaintiff to experience emotional distress? For the reasons that follow, the Court…
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