Hirst v. Siegfried

By Judge Gerald Bruce Lee

This matter is before the Court upon the Plaintiff’s Motion for Protective Order and Defendants’ Motion to Compel Answers to Interrogatories and Defendant’s Request for Production of Documents. The Court took under advisement Plaintiff’s Motion for Protective Order in order to conduct an in camera review of seven letters submitted by Defendants. The Defendants’ claim that the seven letters are privileged from production because they contain statements made in settlement negotiations with lenders attempting to restructure a commercial real estate transaction. For the…