MOORE v. GRANDVIEW HOSPITAL

No. 85-1633.

25 Ohio St. 3d 194 (1986)

MOORE, A MINOR, ET AL., APPELLANTS, v. GRANDVIEW HOSPITAL, APPELLEE.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided August 6, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gary L. Gardner & Associates, P.S.C., C. David Ewing and Gary L. Gardner, for appellants.

Miller, Finney & Clark and Jerome G. Menz, for appellee.


CELEBREZZE, C.J.

In this case we are asked to determine the propriety of the expert testimony given by Daniel Moore's treating physician, Lauren Vogel, D.O.

The admissibility of such testimony is governed by the statutory physician-patient privilege, R.C. 2317.02(B). R.C. 2317.02 states in pertinent part:

"The following persons shall not testify in certain respects: "* * *

"(B) A physician concerning a communication made to him by his patient...

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