Shere v. Marshall Field & Co.

Richard C. Valentine, attorney for defendant, and defendant appeal from an order finding Valentine in contempt of court for his failure to produce a certain document as previously ordered by the trial court. Tire sole issue on appeal is whether or not the report in question is privileged.

Plaintiff filed suit to recover damages for certain bodily injuries sustained as the result of a fall in a store owned and operated by defendant. Subsequent to the filing of this action, certain discovery procedures were undertaken. On July 11,1973, the court entered a standard “Monier” type discovery order…