Alexander v. Farmers Mutual Automobile Insurance

The principal issue on this appeal is whether Mrs. Alexander can be compelled, under sec. 269.57 (1), *626Stats.,1 to produce a consulting doctor’s medical report for inspection by respondent. Her contention that the report does not have to be offered for examination runs headlong into decisions of this court in Thompson v. Roberts 2 and Leusink v. O’Donnell.3 In Thompson and Leusink, as in the present case, the doctor who prepared the coveted report did not actually treat the plaintiff for injuries caused by the accident. These cases held that reports regarding the plaintiff’s condition prior to…