Liberty Mut. Fire Ins. Co. v. Kaufman

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• noting that insurer and insured share common interest once insurer accepts defense obligations of insured
• stating that there is a fiduciary relationship between insurer and insured and when insurer accepts the defense of claims against the insured their interests essentially merge
• holding that a party objecting to discovery on the basis of the work-product doctrine “maintains the burden to show that the materials were compiled in response to some event which foreseeably could be made the basis of a claim against the insured”
• holding that a party objecting to discovery on the basis of the work-product doctrine \maintains the burden to show that the materials were compiled in response to some event which foreseeably could be made the basis of a claim against the insured\
• stating that a party objecting to discovery on the basis of the work product doctrine \maintains the burden to show that the materials were compiled in response to some event which foreseeably could be made the basis of a claim against the insured.\
• “[W]hen an insurer accepts the defense obligations of its insured, certain interests of the insured and the insurer essentially merge.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).