American Fidelity Life Insurance v. Alabama Farm Bureau Mutual Casualty Insurance

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• holding that the only basis on which a punitive fine may be imposed for violation of discovery orders is criminal contempt; civil contempt is only to insure compliance and inures to the benefit of the other party
• “If a party is going to invoke Rule 33[(d)], the party must be prepared to allow inspection of the documents which contain the answers to the interrogatories. If a party is going to claim a privilege with respect to documents, the party cannot use Rule 33[(d
• “It does not take a great deal of cognitive thinking to realize that it is improper to invoke [the business records option] in answer to interrogatories and then claim that some or all of the documents containing the information are privileged and not subject to disclosure.”

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