Practice question
A defendant seeks an opposing party’s medical examination solely from curiosity. The physical condition is not in controversy and no good cause is shown. Which is correct?
- Filing any case authorizes all desired medical examinations.
- Curiosity necessarily is good cause.
- The requested physician may issue a binding court order privately.
- Every opposing party loses all bodily safeguards.
- The Rule 28 prerequisites are not established.
Legal references
- Rules of Court, Rules 25-29, interrogatories, admissions, production and physical examination; retained text read with current amendments: https://lawphil.net/courts/rules/rc_1-71_civil.html
- 2019 Amendments to Civil Procedure, Rules 23-34, particularly the current provisions cited in each explanation: https://lawphil.net/courts/rules/am_19-10-20-sc_2019.html
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