Legal Opinion
Fireman's Fund Insurance v. McAlpine
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Decided August 17, 1978No. 76-195-M.P., 76-226-M.P., 77-239-M.P. and 77-248-M.PPublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtKelleher, J.
In each of the above proceedings we have issued our common law writ of certiorari so that we may discuss the extent to which a litigant is immunized from discovery procedures by Super. R. Civ. P. 26(b). Each petition seeks review of an interlocutory order of the Superior Court granting a motion to compel the production of various materials in the possession of the petitioner. Three of the petitions originated in negligence actions and raise a common issue: whether written statements of witnesses taken by the petitioners’ insurers are subject to discover under Super. R. Civ. P. 34. The fourth…
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