ROBERTS v. SUPERIOR COURT

Docket No. Sac. 7963.

9 Cal.3d 330 (1973)

508 P.2d 309

107 Cal. Rptr. 309

JANET BARBARA ROBERTS, Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF BUTTE COUNTY, Respondent; HENRY H. WEIST et al., Real Parties in Interest.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

April 11, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

John N. Bach and Maxim N. Bach for Petitioner.

No appearance for Respondent.

Michael J. Conlan and Fitzwilliam, Memering, Stumbos & DeMers for Real Parties in Interest.


OPINION

BURKE, J.

In this case we are faced with the problem of determining the scope of allowable discovery under the psychotherapist-patient privilege established by Evidence Code section 1014.

Janet Roberts, petitioner, was injured on March 24, 1971, in a collision with an automobile owned and operated by defendants Alice and Henry Weist. She subsequently filed an action for personal injuries alleging that as a proximate...

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