Tomek v. Farmers Mutual Automobile Insurance

The applicable statutes are as follows:

“325.22 Communications to ATTORNEYS. An attorney or counselor at law shall not be allowed to disclose a communication made by his client to him, or his advice given thereon in the course of his professional employment. This prohibition may be waived by the client, and does not include communications which the attorney needs to divulge for his own protection, or the protection of those with whom he deals, or which were made to him for the express purpose of being communicated to another, or being made public.”

“326.12 Discovery examination before trials.…