Olson v. Haas

Petitioners Haas, Lewis and McCray have filed a motion for discretionary review of a trial court order compelling the production of certain documents. The trial court determined that the documents were not protected by the attorney/client privilege and ordered disclosure. We grant review, reverse and remand.

In a suit which preceded the present action, Haas represented Norman Anderson and the Olsons on claims which were tried in federal court. Anderson and Olson received a jury verdict in their favor for business loss and Anderson also apparently received a verdict for general damages. In the…