A state appeals court has endorsed the possibility that a defendant in a personal injury case could engage in discovery directed to a plaintiff’s treating physician as well as to the plaintiff’s counsel and that counsel’s law office.
In Steinger, Iscoe & Greene, P.A. v. GEICO General Insurance Company, GEICO was defending an under-insured motorist claim brought by its insured, Tiffany Washington, who was represented by Steinger Iscoe. Washington had a number of treating physicians her counsel admitted in open court would be rendering expert opinions in the case as to causation, permanency and future damages.
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