Doehne v. EmPres Healthcare Management, LLC
Court of Appeals of Washington
1Opinion of the CourtLee, J.
¶1 — EmpRes Healthcare Management LLC, EmpRes Washington Healthcare LLC, and Evergreen Washington Healthcare Frontier LLC appeal an order compelling their disclosure of the first paragraph of a document that they assert is protected by the attorney-client privilege. They also argue that the final sentence of the paragraph is protected from discovery under the work product doctrine. We agree that the paragraph as a whole is protected by the at*277torney-client privilege and that its final sentence is protected opinion work product, and we reverse the trial court’s order compelling discovery of…
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