Legal Opinion
Riley v. Dow Chemical Co.
District Court, N.D. California
Decided January 13, 1989No. C-88-1358-WWSPublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER RE EXPERT WITNESSES
SCHWARZER, District Judge.
Plaintiffs have moved for an order (1) disqualifying Dr. Donald Whorton from testifying at trial as an expert for defendants on the ground that plaintiffs’ counsel has previously consulted with him, and (2) to limit the number of experts at trial.
The motion to disqualify is based on a profound misconception of the applicable law. Work product is given a limited immunity from discovery in order to protect an attorney’s trial preparation from disclosure to the opponent. Rather than being a privilege, it is simply a limitation on discovery…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Bert Ruud and Emma Ruud v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1958
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