Asbury v. Beerbower

PALMORE, Chief Justice.

James Murphy, Jr., brought suit against Elizabeth Beerbower and her husband for damages resulting from an automobile accident. Murphy sought to discover, by deposition, the contents of a statement allegedly given by Mrs. Beerbower to her liability insurance carrier after Murphy had retained counsel but before counsel had been retained for Mrs. Beerbower and before the filing of the lawsuit. After the trial court had decided the point in Murphy’s favor and had entered an order to that effect, the Beerbowers applied to the Court of Appeals for a writ of prohibition to…