Legal Opinion
McKinnon v. Smock
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided July 15, 1994No. S93G1738PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Benham, Presiding Justice.
We granted the writ of certiorari in this interlocutory appeal to resolve discovery issues concerning the attorney-client privilege and the opinion work product doctrine.1 McKinnon v. Smock, 209 Ga. App. 647 (434 SE2d 92) (1993). We agree that the attorney-client privilege does not cover the identity of documents that a party reviews to prepare for a deposition, and that the opinion work product doctrine prevents disclosure of correspondence between an attorney and an expert witness to the extent the correspondence contains opinion work product.
Smock filed a medical…
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