MACY v. BLATCHFORD

(CC 9407-04746; CA A93045; SC S45678).

8 P.3d 204 (2000)

330 Or. 444

Danita J. MACY and Lawrence B. Macy, Petitioners on Review, v. Douglas M. BLATCHFORD, M.D., Respondent on Review, and Phillip S. Alberts, M.D., Defendant.

Supreme Court of Oregon, En Banc.

Decided August 3, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kathryn H. Clarke, Portland, argued the cause and filed the brief for petitioners on review.

Lindsey H. Hughes, of Keating Jones Bildstein Hughes & Yelnosky, P.C., Portland, argued the cause and filed the brief for respondent on review.

D. Lawrence Wobbrock, Michael Banks, and Robert K. Udziela, of Pozzi Wilson Atchison LLP, Portland, filed the briefs for amicus curiae Oregon Trial Lawyers Association.


GILLETTE, J.

In this medical malpractice action, plaintiffs Danita and Lawrence Macy challenge a trial court ruling that prevented them from introducing evidence at trial that Dr. Blatchford (defendant) had a sexual relationship with Danita Macy1 at the time when the Macys assert that he negligently treated her for persistent and debilitating pelvic pain. The Court of Appeals affirmed that ruling, specifically holding that the trial court...

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