Harold Sampson Children's Trust v. Linda Gale Sampson 1979 Trust

¶ 1. This is a review of a published decision of the court of appeals 1 reversing an order of the circuit court for Milwaukee County, Dominic S. Amato, Judge. The circuit court's order directed The Linda Gale Sampson 1979 Trust et al., the defendants, to return to Harold Sampson Children's Trust et al., the plaintiffs, documents that the plaintiffs' attorney transmitted during discovery to the defendants' attorney. We reverse the decision of the court of appeals.

¶ 2. The question before this court is whether a lawyer's voluntary production of documents in response to opposing counsel's…