Gould v. City of Aliquippa

SMITH, Judge.

The City of Aliquippa (Aliquippa) appeals from two orders of the Court of Common Pleas of Beaver County that compel Aliquippa to produce written summaries of interviews between Aliquippa’s attorney and several witnesses to the motor vehicle accident giving rise to this litigation. In this interlocutory appeal, Ali-quippa contends that the communications in question are protected by the attorney-client privilege, that the communications are protected by the work product doctrine and that requiring an attorney to write a summary of witness interviews and create work product in a…