National Tank Co. v. Brotherton

While a widow plans a funeral, the corporation in whose facility her husband was killed conducts an investigation. While family and friends mourn, the corporation obtains witness statements and prepares reports concerning the circumstances surrounding the death. If this occurrence is ever considered by a judge and jury, they should be able to hear the plain, unvarnished truth — to learn what really happened when memories were fresh and unpolished by counsel.

But now the majority2 puts a stop to all of that; it approves concealment of this *208investigation. As the family buries the victim, the…