· 6/1/1989
Southern Guaranty Insurance Co. of Georgia v. Ash
Citations
- 383 S.E.2d 579
- 192 Ga. App. 24
- 1989 Ga. App. LEXIS 894
How courts have described this case
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- noting that “once an attorney-client relationship has been duly established between an attorney and his corporate client . . . [,] the legal advice confidentially communicated to the authorized agents of the client is by statute protected from discovery” (emphasis omitted)
- privilege attaches to communications from in-house corporate counsel in the nature of both “legal advice given in regard to specific cases pending and legal advice concerning day-to-day business matters”
- “once an attorney-client relationship has been duly established between an attorney and his corporate client...[,] the legal advice confidentially communicated to the authorized agents of the client is by statute protected from discovery” (emphasis omitted)
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Judges: Birdsong, Deen, Benham
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