Sanchez v. Hernandez pursuant to Arizona Rules of Civil Procedure 26(b)(4) treating physicians are not entitled to reasonable compensation for providing testimony concerning diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis. This will encourage the abuse of treating doctors and plaintiffs’ lawyers in cases particularly in arbitration where the doctor is not going to testify at all, let alone as an expert. This will be used by insurance companies as another weapon in their attack against injured parties with smaller claims. Their goal is to make it more expensive for attorneys to pursue such claims thereby depriving many injured people from obtaining legal representation. This decision will make it extremely expensive to pursue smaller claims as doctors will be unwilling to either treat or testify on behalf of individuals injured in accidents.]]>
