Cheyenne Construction, Inc. v. Hozz

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• concluding that “it was within the district court’s discretion to refuse to qualify appellant’s witness as an expert where, among other factors, he was not a licensed engineer”
• holding in an action for breach of contract, that where plaintiff’s attorney testified as to his dealings with defendant, plaintiff did not waive the privilege to refuse to disclose and prevent others from disclosing confidential communications between plaintiff and his attorney
• holding in an action for breach of contract, that where plaintiff's attorney testified as to his dealings with defendant, plaintiff did not waive the privilege to refuse to disclose and prevent others from disclosing confidential communications between plaintiff and his attorney
• holding waiver of the attorney-client privi lege did not result when a client called his attorney to the witness stand because the attorney testified only to acts that did not concern private communications, and thus his testimony did not fall within the attorney-client privilege
• “Many courts, including this Court, permit witnesses to testify as experts based on the witness’ practical experience.”
• “If there is disclosure of privileged communications, this waives the remainder of the privileged consultation on the same subject”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).