Legal Opinion
Leonen v. Johns-Manville
District Court, D. New Jersey
Decided July 18, 1990No. Civ. A. No. 82-2684(CSF)PublishedCited by 60 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
FREDA L. WOLFSON, United States Magistrate.
Presently before the Court is defendant Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corporation’s (“OCF”) motion for a protective order that would prohibit the discovery of certain documents subpoenaed by the plaintiffs in this asbestos case. Plaintiffs’ latest request for production stems from defendant’s recent discovery of a large number of relevant documents. Defendant has already made substantial production, but asserts that the documents it is presently withholding are protected by the attorney-client privilege and/or the work product doctrine as codified…
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