· 9/21/1938
Pacific Indemnity Co. v. Hite
Citations
- 24 F. Supp. 662
- 1938 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 1725
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- finding waiver of privilege when the client “allowed extensive, detailed questions on that subject”
- deeming the attorney-client privilege waived with respect to deficient privilege log entries
- “The record shows that Lawson intentionally produced these 24 1 documents after reviewing them, and then realized it had mistakenly produced them.”
- “an accidental waiver would occur when a document, which a party intended to maintain as confidential, was disclosed by accident such as a misaddressed communication to someone outside the privilege scope”
- “Waiver can occur by public revelation.”
Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).
Judges: McColloch
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