Hatchard v. Westinghouse Broadcasting Co.

SPAETH, President Judge:

Two appeals, which we consolidated and heard together, are before us. In one appeal, the trial court granted appellee Lefkoski’s motion to compel production of a reporter’s notes and other documentary material, as well as filmed “outtakes;” 1 in the other the trial court granted appellee Hatchard’s motion to compel production of outtakes, but denied his request for other documentary material. Appellants argue that these orders are erroneous because all the material is privileged under the Pennsylvania Shield Law, 42 Pa.C.S. § 5942(a),2 as construed in In re Taylor, 412…