United States Ninth Circuit
OLESZKO v. STATE COMP. INS. FUND, 99-15207
The federal psychotherapist-patient privilege applies extends to employee communications made to Employee Assistance Program counselors.
Appellate Information
- Argued 10/04/2000
- Decided 03/20/2001
- Published 03/20/2001
Judges
- D.W. NELSON, Circuit Judge:, Before: D.W. NELSON, THOMPSON, and TROTT, Circuit Judges.
Court
- United States Ninth Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- Peter G. Lomhoff, Oakland, California, for the plaintiff-appellant.
- For Appellees:
- David L. Bacon,Thelen, Reid & Priest, Los Angeles, California, for the defendants-appellants., Bruce Celebrezze and Graziella Walsh Coggan, Celebrezze & Wesley, San Francisco, California, for the defendants-appellees., William F. Krebs, Galland, Kharasch, Greenberg, Fellman & Swirsky, Washington, D.C., for amicus curiae Employee Assistance Professional Associations, Inc., in support of defendants-appellees.