In a medical malpractice case, is a plaintiff's testimony privileged?

"New York", United States of America

The following excerpt is from Steinberg v. New York Life Ins. Co., 188 N.E. 152, 263 N.Y. 45 (N.Y. 1933):

In Capron v. Douglass, supra, the plaintiff had testified in detail in regard to his physical condition. He permitted without objection one doctor who operated upon him to describe what he discovered during the operation. When the defendant called the physician who assisted the doctor who had testified, testimony by him was excluded upon objection by plaintiff that it was privileged.

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