Myles E. Rieser Co. v. Loew's Inc.

In passing upon the extent of the privilege existing between attorney and client, the Court of Appeals has recently ruled (Bloodgood v. Lynch, 293 N. Y. 308, 314), that “ Neither the client nor the counsel may be compelled * * * to produce a document which has the status of a privileged communication between attorney and client when the privilege is claimed by the client.” Support for this conclusion is to be found in text authority (8 Wigmore on Evidence, § 2324).

It follows therefrom that the claim of privilege, properly invoked, precludes examination of either the client or the attorney…