Booth v. Tektronix, Inc.

*466CARSON, C. J.

The issues we address in this workers’ compensation case arose as the result of claimant’s objection to the introduction of evidence obtained by her employer from pre-hearing communications with claimant’s treating physicians without prior notice to claimant.1 The first issue is whether the physician-patient privilege applies to proceedings before the Workers’ Compensation Board (the Board) and, if it does apply, whether claimant waived the privilege. The second issue is whether the Board’s interpretation of its rules, which allows these pre-hearing communications, was an…