patient litigant exception

patient-litigant exception. An exemption from the doctor–patient privilege, whereby the privilege is lost when the patient sues the doctor for malpractice. [Cases: Witnesses 219(5). C.J.S. Witnesses §§ 381, 383–389.]

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