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Insurer’s attorney can’t have ex parte talk with doctor 

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    • January 2, 2013

State law protecting confidential medical information bars an attorney retained by a malpractice insurer from conducting an ex parte interview with a treating doctor who is not a party to the patient’s lawsuit, the Florida Supreme Court has ruled in reversing judgment.
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Original post by http://lawyersusaonline.com/blog/2013/01/02/insurers-attorney-cant-have-ex-parte-talk-with-doctor/

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