Legal Opinion
In re Estate of Wood
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Decided February 25, 2003PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BECK, J.:
¶ 1 In this appeal from the trial court’s order compelling an attorney to testify and produce reports, we review the attorney-client privilege, the work product doctrine and the lawyer’s duty of confidentiality to clients. After careful consideration, we affirm and remand the matter to the trial court with instructions.
If 2 Catherine Wood (Wood) died on June 17, 1995. Her two daughters, Patricia Zabroski (Zabroski) and Bonita Walsh-Sukus (Walsh-Sukus) have been engaged in litigation over her estate since that time. The record reveals that a last will and testament signed by Wood in…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Cohen v. Beneficial Industrial Loan Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1949
- Ben v. SchwartzSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1999
- Commonwealth v. ChmielSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1999
- Slater v. Rimar, Inc.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1975
- Birth Center v. St. Paul Companies, Inc.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1999
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3Cited by28 opinions
- Commonwealth v. ChmielSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2005
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- Berg v. Nationwide Mut. Ins. Co., Inc.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 2012
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- Commonwealth, Office of Open Records v. Center TownshipCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2014
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