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Cedars Healthcare Group, LTD. v. Freeman
27 Fla. L. Weekly D1977 (Fla. 3d DCA September 13, 2002)
In order to overcome the privacy rights of non-party patients in a mental health facility, a party must show a compelling need for the discovery that outweighs the constitutional privacy rights of the non-party psychiatric patients. As public policy dictates upholding the patient/psychotherapist privilege in order to encourage people to seek treatment without fear of public exposure, identification of alleged assailants by another patient is not considered a
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