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· 3/9/1981

McDonald v. Draper

Citations

  • 450 U.S. 983
  • 101 S. Ct. 1521

How courts have described this case

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  • the court held that to the extent a plaintiff relies on statements made by her attorney to prove her claim, she waived her attorney-client privilege under Pennsylvania law
  • “Moreover, plaintiff has waived the confidentiality of communications between her and her attorney on this issue, since she related what her attorney purportedly told her about defendants' representations and assurances in her complaint.”

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