Workman v. Public Service Co.

The issue in this discovery case is whether petitioners may discover defendant’s expert reports. The reports pertain to expert investigations of the conditions at defendant’s generating plant at Bow, New Hampshire where an explosion or fire occurred on June 1, 1970 injuring one of the plaintiffs and killing plaintiff’s decedent, Gary Workman. In September 1972, plaintiffs Workman and Lafond filed a motion for discovery in superior court seeking to require the defendant and its counsel to file with the clerk of court all reports of any third parties prepared for either the defendant or its…