ALEXANDER v. Knight

“We are of the opinion that members of a profession, especially the medical profession, stand in a confidential or fiduciary capacity as to their patients.”

White v. Behlke

Lackawanna County Court of Common Pleas, 2004

reasoning that members of the medical profession owe “a duty to aid the patient in litigation” and “a duty to refuse affirmative assistance to the patient’s antagonist in litigation,” subject to the physician’s obligation “to speak the truth ... only at the proper time.”

Gracey v. Eaker

Supreme Court of Florida, 2002

fiduciary relationship between physician and patient

Samms v. DIST. COURT, FOURTH JUD. DIST.

Supreme Court of Colorado, 1996

physician owes patient a duty to refuse affirmative assistance to patient's adversary in litigation

Samms v. District Court, Fourth Judicial District of the State of Colorado

Supreme Court of Colorado, 1995

physician owes patient a duty to refuse affirmative assistance to patient’s adversary in litigation

Stigliano v. Connaught Laboratories, Inc.

New Jersey Superior Court App Division, 1994

noting that a treating doctor owes “a duty to refuse affirmative assistance to the patient’s antagonist in litigation”