Legal Opinion

Horne v. Patton

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided December 6, 1973No. SC 409PublishedCited by 78 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

*704BLOODWORTH, Justice.

Plaintiff Larry Horne comes here on a voluntary nonsuit assigning as error the trial court’s ruling in sustaining defendant’s demurrer to his complaint.

This case is alleged to have arisen out of the disclosure by Dr. Patton, defendant herein, to plaintiff’s employer of certain information acquired in the course of a doctor-patient relationship between plaintiff Horne and defendant doctor, contrary to the expressed instructions of patient Horne. Plaintiff Horne’s original complaint asserted that the alleged conduct constituted a breach of fiduciary duty and an invasion of…

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. Hammonds v. Aetna Casualty & Surety CompanyDistrict Court, N.D. Ohio · 1965
  2. ALEXANDER v. KnightSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1962
  3. Smith v. DossSupreme Court of Alabama · 1948
  4. Hague v. WilliamsSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1962
  5. Norris v. Moskin Stores, Inc.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1961

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3Cited by78 opinions

  1. American Road Serv. Co. v. InmonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1980
  2. Bratt v. International Business MacHines Corp.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1984
  3. Petrillo v. Syntex Laboratories, Inc.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1986
  4. Vassiliades v. Garfinckel's, Brooks Bros.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1985
  5. Alberts v. DevineMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1985

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