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EDELSTEIN v. DEPT. OF PUBLIC HEALTH & ADDICTION SERVICES

(15390)

240 Conn. 658 (1997)

BARBARA EDELSTEIN v. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND ADDICTION SERVICES

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Officially released April 29, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven L. Seligman, for the appellant (plaintiff).

Peter L. Brown, assistant attorney general, with whom were Karen H. Fritzinger, assistant attorney general, and, on the brief, Richard Blumenthal, attorney general, and Richard J. Lynch, assistant attorney general, for the appellee (defendant).

Callahan, C. J., and Berdon, Norcott, McDonald and Peters, Js.

Opinion

NORCOTT, J.

This appeal involves the interpretation of the physician-patient privilege statute, General Statutes § 52-146o.1 The principal issues raised by this appeal are: (1) whether § 52-146o applies to medical records containing patient communications made before the effective date of the statute; and (2) if so, whether these records fall within the exception contained in § 52-146o (b) (3) for...

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