Cotton States Mut. Ins. Co. v. Turtle Reef Associates, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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• holding that work product privilege attaches to documents prepared \in contemplation of litigation\, not when prepared for \mere likelihood of litigation\
• materials assembled in ordinary course of business unrelated to litigation are excluded from work product
• documents are work product only if they were prepared “in contemplation of litigation,” and the “[m]ere likelihood of litigation does not satisfy this qualification.”
• documents are work product only if they were prepared “in contemplation of litigation,” and the “[m]ere likelihood of litigation does not satisfy this qualification.”
• “The work product privilege attaches to statements and materials prepared by a party’s investigator or insurer only if these were prepared in contemplation of litigation. Mere likelihood of litigation does not satisfy this qualification.” (citations omitted)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).