Legal Opinion
Leer v. Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided July 17, 1981No. 50915PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SCOTT, Justice.
The Dakota County District Court certified the following question to this court as important and doubtful:1
Are witness statements obtained by a defendant from non-managerial employees who were working with plaintiff at the time of his accident discoverable by plaintiff under Rule 26.02(3), Minnesota Rules of Civil Procedure, or are the same protected from discovery under a claim of attorney-client privilege?
The appellant, William E. Leer, was employed by respondent railroad as a switch-man in its Wausau, Wisconsin, railroad yards. Although the facts are incomplete and in…
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