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Kammerer v. Western Gear Corp.

Citations

  • 635 P.2d 708
  • 96 Wash. 2d 416
  • 1981 Wash. LEXIS 1267

How courts have described this case

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  • reasoning that California had an interest in punishing the defendant because the fraudulent conduct that caused the injury occurred in California
  • citing, Victor v. Fanning Starkey Company, 4 Wash. App. 920, 486 P.2d 323 (1971)
  • stipulation that defendant's attorneys would be called as witnesses held a waiver of attorney-client privilege permitting discovery of privileged documents
  • Most authority holds that “observations by the lawyer that might be made by anyone, and which involve no communicative intent by the client, are not protected.”
  • under the law of Washington, punitive damages are not allowed unless expressly authorized by the legislature.
  • stipulation that defendant’s attorneys would be called as witnesses held a waiver of attorney-client privilege permitting discovery of privileged documents

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Judges: Dolliver, Stafford

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