Bourget v. Government Employees Insurance

TIMBERS, Chief Judge.

QUESTION PRESENTED

In this diversity action to recover the excess over the policy limits on the ground that the insurer negligently failed to settle within the policy limits, the chief question presented by plaintiff’s motion for production of documents, pursuant to Rule 34, Fed.R.Civ.P., and defendant’s objections to certain of plaintiff’s interrogatories, pursuant to Rule 33, Fed.R.Civ.P., assuming relevance and good cause are shown, is whether the attorney-client privilege bars plaintiff from obtaining discovery of certain documents and information relating to the prior…