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· 3/16/1940

Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co. v. Carter

Citations

  • 110 F.2d 355
  • 1940 U.S. App. LEXIS 4544

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that debt collec- tors do not have to “vouch for the validity of the underlying debt”
  • holding that billing records which identified specific statutes being researched were privileged
  • noting that verification does not require a debt collector to “vouch for the validity of the underlying debt”
  • explaining that billing records can be privileged if they reveal something about the advice sought or given
  • explaining that billing records can be privileged if they reveal something about the advice sought or given
  • holding billing records constituted attorney-client and work-product privileged communications because they revealed legal research, including the identity of the federal statutes researched, which would divulge confidential information regarding legal advice

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Judges: Foster, Holmes, McCord

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