SILVERSMITH v. STATE

No. 97-2658.

700 So.2d 1255 (1997)

Norman SILVERSMITH, M.D., Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida and David W. Domis, Respondents.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

November 5, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Judith A. Bass of Law Offices of Robert I. Rubin, Fort Lauderdale, for petitioner.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Denise S. Calegan, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for Respondent-State.

Scott N. Richardson of Atterbury, Goldberger and Richardson, P.A., West Palm Beach, for Respondent-David W. Domis.


PER CURIAM.

We grant this petition for writ of certiorari and quash an order directing Petitioner, a non-party psychiatrist-witness, to testify as to information he claims is privileged under section 455.2415, Florida Statutes (1995).

Before requiring Petitioner to answer questions which he contends will reveal the patient's identity, the trial court should conduct an in camera hearing to consider which questions can be answered without revealing the...

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