National Utility Service, Inc. v. Sunshine Biscuits, Inc.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

STERN, J.A.D.

We granted leave to appeal from orders of the Law Division entered on July 26, 1996 and September 27, 1996, which implemented oral opinions regarding the discovery and use of docu*613ments claimed by defendant to be privileged under the attorney-client privilege. The July 26 order provided that “documents previously produced by [defendant Sunshine Biscuits, Inc.] bearing Sunshine’s production numbers [22-24] (a) are excluded from the protection of the attorney-client privilege, and (b) may be retained and used by [plaintiff National Utility…