Berkeyheiser v. A-Plus Investigations, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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• holding that an order denying requests for protective orders was immediately appealable under the collateral order doctrine set forth in Pa.R.A.P. 313
• holding that orders involving potentially confidential and privileged materials were appealable collateral orders that could be reviewed without an analysis of the underlying negligence claim
• stating that “Pennsylvania courts have held that discovery orders involving potentially confidential and privileged materials are immediately appealable as collateral to the principal action”
• stating generally that discovery orders compelling disclosure of potentially confidential and privileged materials are immediately appealable as collateral to principal action
• remanding for trial court’s failure to require plaintiff to establish discovery was reasonably calculated to lead to discovery of admissible evidence
• “Pennsylvania courts have held that discovery orders involving potentially confidential and privileged materials are immediately appealable as collateral to the principal action.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).