You must
show that you had a ()
with the doctor you are suing this means you hired
the doctor and the doctor agreed to be hired. For
example, you can't sue a doctor you overheard
giving advice at a cocktail party. If a doctor
began seeing you and treating you, it is easy to
prove a physician patient relationship existed.
Questions of whether or not the relationship exists
most frequently arise where a consulting physician
did not treat you directly.
physician-patient relationship