City of Worcester v. HCA Management Co., Inc.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

GORTON, District Judge.

Pending before this Court is the motion of third-party defendant, Ernst & Young (“E & Y”), for a protective order with respect to certain documents produced by E & Y to defendant and third-party plaintiff, HCA Management Company, Inc. (“HCA”). E & Y maintains that the documents were inadvertently produced, are protected from discovery by the attorney-client privilege and/or the work product doctrine and must, therefore, be returned to E' & Y. HCA, joined by plaintiff, the City of Worcester (“the City”), and third-party defendant, Blue Cross and Blue…