Supreme Court of California

The term "person" as used in Civil Code section 43.8, concerning confidentiality of communications regarding medical practitioners, is not limited to humans but includes entities, and the privilege is qualified rather than absolute.

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/18/2003
• Published 08/18/2003

Judges

• KENNARD, J.

Court

• Supreme Court of California

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
•  The Advani Law Firm, Kelly, Herlihy, Advani & Klein, The Schinner Law Group, Law Offices of Mukesh Advani, Mukesh Advani, Jerry Schreibstein and R. David Bolls III for Plaintiff and Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Diepenbrock, Wulff, Plant & Hannegan, Sean O. Sheridan, John A. Bachman;  Riegels, Campos & Kenyon and Charity Kenyon, Sacramento, for Defendant and Respondent., Catherine I. Hansen and Gregory M. Abrams for California Medical Association, California Dental Association and California Healthcare Association as Amici Curie on behalf of Defendant and Respondent.