Swanson v. Domning

How courts have described this case

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• stating that the holder of a privilege cannot invoke the privilege as to some information but testify to other privileged information
• stating that the holder of a privilege cannot invoke the privilege as to some information but testify to other privileged information
• stating that waiver exists “[w]here the client voluntarily testifies to [privileged] statements alleged to have been made to an attorney or statements made by the attorney to the client”
• Client waived her privilege by testifying that her attorney advised her not to sign a contract for deed stating \it is a shady deal.\
• waiver and estoppel are affirmative defenses that must be pleaded and cannot be considered for the first time on appeal
• “innocent” misrepresentation is actionable; proof of intent to deceive “is no longer necessary”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).