Legal Opinion

Doe v. Maret

Utah Supreme Court

Decided August 13, 1999No. 970254PublishedCited by 13 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

DURHAM, Associate Chief Justice:

¶ 1 This case comes to us on interlocutory appeal. The district court granted ap-pellee Leigh A. Maret’s motion to compel the deposition testimony of appellant Jane Doe’s counsel from a prior case involving a divorce and custody dispute (“prior counsel”). The sole issue for review is whether appellant waived the attorney-client privilege with regard to communications with her prior counsel. We affirm but modify the district court’s ruling.

BACKGROUND

¶ 2 In this medical malpractice case, Doe claimed that defendants wrongfully provided her psychological records to…

2Cases cited15 opinions

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