Peterson v. Doctors' Co.

¶1 Appellants Bobbie and Ron Peterson (Petersons) appeal from evidentiary orders entered by the Fourth Judicial District Court during the trial of Petersons’ claims under the Montana Unfair Trade Practices Act (MUTPA) against Appellee The Doctors’ Company (TDC) precluding admission of certain letters and correspondence between attorneys in the underlying malpractice case and allowing TDC to admit a disputed death verdict chart. TDC cross-appeals the District Court’s evidentiary orders which precluded its discovery of certain attorney files and excluded evidence of a prior relationship between…