Doherty v. Shamley

ROVER, Chief Judge.

This controversy is before us on an adjudication of contempt after the individual appellant, an attorney, had failed to comply with an order of the trial court compelling the production of a written statement in his possession taken of a person not a party to the action.

Suit had been brought against appellant corporation for personal injuries sustained in a collision between the vehicle of ap-pellee and one operated by Richard Burrell, alleged to be an agent of the corporation. In its original answer, the corporation denied negligence but admitted the agency. An amended…