Legal Opinion
Fox v. Marshall
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided January 17, 2012PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*711The physician-patient privilege prohibits disclosure of any information acquired by a physician “in attending a patient in a professional capacity, and which was necessary to enable him [or her] to act in that capacity” (Dillenbeck v Hess, 73 NY2d 278, 284 [1989] [internal quotation marks omitted]). Pursuant to CPLR 4504, physicians, nurses, and related professionals “shall not be allowed to disclose any information which he [or she] acquired in attending a patient in a professional capacity, and which was necessary to enable him [or her] to act in that capacity” (CPLR 4504 [a]; see also…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Koump v. SmithNew York Court of Appeals · 1969
- Dillenbeck v. HessNew York Court of Appeals · 1989
- Sohan v. Long Island College HospitalAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2001
- J.Z. v. South Oaks HospitalAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2009
- Lombardi v. HallAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2004
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