· 3/11/1959
Purofied Down Products Corp. v. Travelers Fire Insurance
Citations
- 171 F. Supp. 399
- 1959 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 3600
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- concluding that in-house counsel’s recollection of any facts learned during his internal investigation would be “so intertwined with mental impressions” as to amount to “opinion work product”
- observing that the actual disclosure of work product to a government agency does not waive protection as to all information related to or underlying the work product
- observing that the actual disclosure of work product to a government agency does not waive protection as to all information related to or underlying the work product
- availability of interviewed witness to be deposed undermined the necessity that a litigation adversary “invade the attorney’s files”
- “Generally, documents created as part of an internal investigation . . . are considered to be made in anticipation of litigation for the purposes of the work product doctrine.”
- “Generally, documents created as part of an internal investigation . . . are considered to be made in anticipation of litigation for the purposes of the work product doctrine.”
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Judges: Dawson
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