Eddy v. Farmers Property Cas. Ins. Co.

Citations

• 2026 Ohio 626

Syllabus

Attorney-client privilege—Work-product doctrine—Court orders granting motions to compel insurance companies to produce claims files protected by attorney-client privilege based on allegations of bad faith, fraud, or criminal misconduct must comply with R.C. 2317.02(A)(2)—Civ.R. 26(B)(4) presumptively protects work product, which may be disclosed only upon a showing of good cause—Judgment reversed and cause remanded to trial court to comply with R.C. 2317.02(A)(2) and Civ.R. 26(B)(4).